Mr. Jonathan Loh,

Mr. Jonathan Loh,
Honorary Research Associate, United Kingdom

Jonathan Loh is a biologist working on measuring and monitoring trends in global environmental change, natural resource use and biodiversity. He has worked since 1994 for WWF International, and is an Honorary Research Associate at the Institute of Zoology, part of the Zoological Society of London. Current projects include writing and editing the Living Planet Report for WWF, and developing a new indicator to measure the loss of linguistic diversity worldwide, for Terralingua, an NGO working on biocultural diversity. Before WWF, Jonathan worked for TRAFFIC International, investigating wildlife trade in Taiwan, and as an environmental consultant based in London and Hong Kong. He has lived and worked in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Switzerland, and carried out numerous projects in developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. He studied at Sussex University and Imperial College, London.


 

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OECD Factbook 2008: Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics

With a special focus on productivity

Quotes

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD

"Measuring whether life is getting better is one of the most important roles the OECD can take on".

Mamphela Ramphele, Co-chair, Global Commission on International Migration (GCIM)

"The measurement of anything that is of importance elevates its importance".

Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP

"World GDP growth has been faster than it has been for a very long time. But people are not particularly happy".

François Bourguignon, Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank

"Progress indicators are a way for people to hold their governments accountable".