State of the World's Birds: Indicators for our changing world

In 2002, the world’s governments took an unprecedented step, committing themselves to achieve a significant reduction in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. Two years later, BirdLife International produced a comprehensive assessment of the state of the world’s birds, as a marker to help monitor progress towards this target. Four years on, and with only two years to go before the 2010 deadline, what has changed? What can birds tell us about our current chances of achieving this ambitious but vital goal?