Data from: Analysing biodiversity and conservation knowledge products to support regional environmental assessments

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.Total_Species_GEOTotal numbers of species and of threatened species occurring in each GEO region and subregionTotal_Species_IPBESTotal numbers of species and of threatened species occurring in each IPBES region and subregionEndemic_Species_GEOTotal numbers of species endemic and of threatened species endemic to each GEO region and subregionEndemic_Species_IPBESTotal numbers of species endemic and of threatened species endemic to each IPBES region and subregionRed_List_Index_GEORelative annual contribution to the global Red List Index for mammals, birds, and amphibians in each GEO region and subregionRed_List_Index_IPBESRelative annual contribution to the global Red List Index for mammals, birds, and amphibians in each IPBES region and subregionIBAs_AZEs_GEOTotal numbers, mean sizes, and percentage coverages of IBAs and AZEs in each GEO region and subregionIBAs_AZEs_IPBESTotal numbers, mean sizes, and percentage coverages of IBAs and AZEs in each IPBES region and subregionPAs_GEOPercentage protected area coverage of land and sea, for each GEO region and subregionPAs_IPBESPercentage protected area coverage of land and sea, for each IPBES region and subregionProtected_IBAs_GEOPercentage of IBAs wholly covered by protected areas, over time, for each GEO region and subregionProtected_IBAs_IPBESPercentage of IBAs wholly covered by protected areas, over time, for each IPBES region and subregionProtected_AZEs_GEOPercentage of AZE sites wholly covered by protected areas, over time, for each GEO region and subregionProtected_AZEs_IPBESPercentage of AZE sites wholly covered by protected areas, over time, for each IPBES region and subregionEEZ_WVS_layerDataset combining Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ; VLIZ 2014) and terrestrial country boundaries (World Vector Shoreline, 3rd edition, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) with their corresponding GEO and IPBES regions/subregion