(CBD), 188 Nations committed themselves to actions to: “… achieve, by 2010, a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national levels…” The RLI has been adopted by the CBD as one of the indicators to measure progress towards this important target, and specifically to monitor changes in threat status of species. See also IUCN Red List International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Convention on Biological Diversity 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London Living Planet Index Wild Bird Index Wildlife Picture Index References External links IUCN: The IUCN Red List website The Red List Index: measuring trends in the extinction risk of species Sampled Red List Index for Plants Plants at Risk