Species Coverage Counts Under EU Legislation and Policy Instruments

Approximate counts of species covered by selected European Union legislative acts and policy instruments, with values marked for taxonomic uncertainty. The dataset was authored by Quentin J. Groom and last updated on April 20, 2026. It is a 5.5 KB Excel file available under a CC-BY-4.0 license on figshare.

Use Cases

• Assess legislative coverage of biodiversity based on species counts mentioned in the description.
• Identify potential policy overlaps based on species listed under multiple acts.
• Analyze data completeness and taxonomic uncertainty in policy-linked species inventories.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to EU legislative and policy instruments.
• Approximate values are clearly marked to indicate taxonomic uncertainty or incomplete data.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 5.5 KB file size suggests a very limited scope of data.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official EU legislative documents and policy instruments.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 17:49:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

European Union