Exploitation indices: developing global and national metrics of wildlife use and trade

This chapter first presents an overview of biodiversity indicators that are currently available to track trends in the status and trade in exploited wild animals and plants. The second part of the chapter uses data from various points in the journey from source to consumer to explore three potential areas of future indicator development: indicators of the sustainability in use and trade in wild animals and plants, economic-based indicators; and indicators that measure responses to these impacts such as certification and wildlife trade interventions.