A new analysis of biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support environmental assessments
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) second global assessment of the state of biodiversity is in preparation, to be completed in 2028. To support this and other global and regional environmental assessments, we disaggregate three global knowledge products based on IUCN standards (the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Key Biodiversity Areas and Protected Planet), by IPBES regions and subregions, units of analysis and direct drivers. We present twenty-one data tables organised in seven thematic data groups: i) threatened species; ii) endemic and exclusive species; iii) trends in downscaled Red List Indices; iv) threat abatement potential (STAR-T); v) restoration potential (STAR-R); vi) protected and conserved area coverage (and effectiveness); and vii) key biodiversity area numbers and protected area coverage. We also present three novel crosswalks from IUCN countries, habitats and threats to IPBES regions, units of analysis and direct drivers, respectively. These data can readily be used to inform global, regional and subregional assessments of the status of biodiversity and drivers of its change.
DOI: 10.32942/x2mh24
Institutions: International Union for Conservation of Nature (United Kingdom), International Union for Conservation of Nature, UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, IUCN Species Survival Commission, Newcastle University, BirdLife international, University of Cambridge, University of Copenhagen, Senckenberg - Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: green
Funder: Arcadia Fund
OpenAlex ID: W7127571201