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Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments
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Brooks, TM and Akcakaya, HR and Burgess, ND and Butchart, SHM and Hilton-Taylor, C and Hoffmann, M and Juffe-Bignoli, D and Kingston, N and MacSharry, B and Parr, M and Perianin, L and Regan, EC and Rodrigues, ASL and Rondinini, C and Shennan-Farpon, Y and Young, BE, Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments, Scientific Data, 3 Article 160007. ISSN 2052-4463 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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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.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | biodiversity, conservation, biogeography, sustainability, datasets, biodiversity assessment, species extinction risk, habitat |
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Environmental Science and Management |
| Research Field: | Conservation and Biodiversity |
| Objective Division: | Environment |
| Objective Group: | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |
| Objective Field: | Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity of environments not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Brooks, TM (Dr Thomas Brooks) |
| ID Code: | 117491 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 25 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2017-06-16 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-10-31 |
| Downloads: | 110 View Download Statistics |
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