title: Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments.
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.
authors.affiliation: International Union for Conservation of Nature, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.|World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines.|School of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA.
authors.forename: H Resit
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Akçakaya
authors.affiliation: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.|Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark.
authors.forename: Neil D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Burgess
authors.affiliation: BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK.
authors.forename: Stuart H M
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Butchart
authors.affiliation: International Union for Conservation of Nature, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hilton-Taylor
authors.affiliation: International Union for Conservation of Nature, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.|United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Juffe-Bignoli
authors.affiliation: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kingston
authors.affiliation: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: MacSharry
authors.affiliation: American Bird Conservancy, The Plains, Virginia 20198, USA.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parr
authors.affiliation: International Union for Conservation of Nature, 28 Rue Mauverney, 1196 Gland, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Perianin
authors.affiliation: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.|The Biodiversity Consultancy, 3E King's Parade, Cambridge CB1 2RR, UK.
authors.forename: Eugenie C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Regan
authors.affiliation: Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS UMR5175, 1919 Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Ana S L
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Global Mammal Assessment programme, Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, Sapienza Università di Roma, Viale dell'Università 32, 00185 Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rondinini
authors.affiliation: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, UK.
authors.forename: Yara
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shennan-Farpon
authors.affiliation: NatureServe, Apdo. 358-1260, Plaza Colonial, San José, Costa Rica.
authors.forename: Bruce E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: D000663:Amphibians; D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D001717:Birds; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D056727:Endangered Species; D008322:Mammals