Expert assessments quantify the benefits of conservation strategies for Antarctic taxonomic groups. Data originates from a 2017 workshop where biodiversity experts provided intactness values projected to the year 2100. The analysis was conducted by the Australian Antarctic Data Centre.
Use Cases
- Rank conservation strategies by comparing baseline_intactness and strategy_intactness values across taxonomic groups.
- Model extinction risk in 2100 using expert-provided intactness values as a proxy for population or range metrics.
- Identify taxonomic groups with the highest benefit values, calculated as strategy_intactness minus baseline_intactness.
- Analyze expert consensus or variance by examining the averaged intactness values per taxonomic group derived from multiple assessors.
Strengths
- Data is based on structured expert assessments from a dedicated biodiversity workshop.
- Provides long-term projections for ecological intactness with a target year of 2100.
Limitations
- Sample size of taxonomic groups and expert participants is unknown.
- Projections rely on expert judgment and may contain subjective bias.
- Underlying raw expert assessments are averaged, obscuring individual variance.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AU_AADC).
- Collection Method
- Generated from expert assessments during a two-day workshop in Belgium, July 2017.
- Time Range
- Projections for the year 2100.
- Freshness
- Last updated in 2029, but core data is from a 2017 workshop.
- Geography
- Antarctica.