National, regional and thematic applications
The LPI database contains thousands of vertebrate population time series. These are fed into the LPI to provide a global indicator of biodiversity change but the data can also be divided into useful subsets to focus on a particular region or group of species. The following examples show some current and recent application of the LPI.
Antarctic penguins
 Developing a 'penguindex' to monitor trends in Anarctic penguins. The Mapping Application for Penguin Populations and Projected Dynamics (MAPPPD) project has created a database of census data for 4 penguin species and is ensuring that the data for these species is updated in the LPI.
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Freshwater migratory fish
 Freshwater migratory fish require connectivity in their habitats in order to complete their life cycle. Dams and other river infrastructures create barriers to this movement and can impact the survival of populations. This project is a collaboration to develop an LPI for freshwater migratory fish.
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Protected areas
 This project is implementing an on-going, international, collaborative audit of the earth’s protected areas providing, for the first time, critical information on the status and trends of vertebrate populations within protected areas.
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National indices
 The Convention on Biological Diversity requires individual nations to report on their progress towards meeting biodiversity targets. We can disaggregate the LPI by country to produce a national indicator provided we have sufficient data available.
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Arctic
 With the Arctic Species Trend Index we can track how the Arctic’s ecosystems and the living resources dependent upon them are responding to change.
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Wildlife comeback
 We are working with Rewilding Europe to develop a broader understanding of vertebrate abundance trends in Europe over the last 50 years.
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Estuaries
 Estuaries are under threat from manmade interventions. This report assesses trends in biodiversity and threats to estuarine ecosystems.
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Mediterranean wetlands
 The Mediterranean basin, a biodiversity hotspot, is subject to anthropogenic pressures. This report aims to aid conservation of Mediterranean wetlands.
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Migratory species
 Analyses found that migratory species have overall increased in global abundance. Further disaggregation of the data revealed interesting underlying trends.
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Uganda
 In Uganda, monitoring of a number of species has been undertaken over the last four decades. The index shows a dramatic decline in Uganda's vertebrate species.
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