Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments

Thomas M. Brooks; H. Resit Akçakaya; Neil D. Burgess; Stuart H.M. Butchart; Craig Hilton-Taylor; Michael Hoffmann; Diego Juffe-Bignoli; Naomi Kingston; Brian MacSharry; Mike Parr; Laurence Perianin; Eugenie C. Regan; Ana S.L. Rodrigues; Carlo Rondinini; Yara Shennan-Farpon; Bruce E. Young

doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.7

Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments

Thomas M. Brooks
, H. Resit Akçakaya
, Neil D. Burgess
, Stuart H.M. Butchart
, Craig Hilton-Taylor
, Michael Hoffmann
, Diego Juffe-Bignoli
, Naomi Kingston
, Brian MacSharry
, Mike Parr
, Laurence Perianin
, Eugenie C. Regan
, Ana S.L. Rodrigues
, Carlo Rondinini
, Yara Shennan-Farpon
, Bruce E. Young

Ecology and Evolution

International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
University of the Philippines
University of Tasmania
UNEP-WCMC
University of Copenhagen
BirdLife International
American Bird Conservancy
Biodiversity Consultancy
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
University of Rome La Sapienza
NatureServe

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Abstract

Two processes for regional environmental assessment are currently underway: the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) and Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Both face constraints of data, time, capacity, and resources. To support these assessments, we disaggregate three global knowledge products according to their regions and subregions. These products are: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Key Biodiversity Areas (specifically Important Bird &Biodiversity Areas [IBAs], and Alliance for Zero Extinction [AZE] sites), and Protected Planet. We present fourteen Data citations: numbers of species occurring and percentages threatened; numbers of endemics and percentages threatened; downscaled Red List Indices for mammals, birds, and amphibians; numbers, mean sizes, and percentage coverages of IBAs and AZE sites; percentage coverage of land and sea by protected areas; and trends in percentages of IBAs and AZE sites wholly covered by protected areas. These data will inform the regional/subregional assessment chapters on the status of biodiversity, drivers of its decline, and institutional responses, and greatly facilitate comparability and consistency between the different regional/subregional assessments.

Original language	English
Article number	160007
Journal	Scientific Data
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.7
State	Published - Feb 16 2016

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Brooks, T. M., Akçakaya, H. R., Burgess, N. D., Butchart, S. H. M., Hilton-Taylor, C., Hoffmann, M., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Kingston, N., MacSharry, B., Parr, M., Perianin, L., Regan, E. C., Rodrigues, A. S. L., Rondinini, C., Shennan-Farpon, Y., & Young, B. E. (2016). Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments. Scientific Data, 3, Article 160007. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.7

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