Table 2.

Pearson correlations for the global indices, disaggregated by region. Asterisk denotes significance at p < 0.05

Region	Biodiversity	AC biodiversity	Capacity GEF	Capacity no GEF	Governance
Americas (n = 20)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.875*	1
Capacity GEF	0.793*	0.751*	1
Capacity no GEF	0.426	0.498*	0.818*	1
Governance	−0.22	−0.141	0.209	0.433	1
Wealth	0.475*	0.314	0.673*	0.587*	0.464*
Asia Pacific (n = 21)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.851*	1
Capacity GEF	0.548*	0.289	1
Capacity no GEF	0.507*	0.423	0.814*	1
Governance	−0.110	0.118	0.045	0.392	1
Wealth	0.306	0.296	0.515*	0.871*	0.479*
Caribbean (n = 11)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.888*	1
Capacity GEF	−0.014	1.000	1
Capacity no GEF	−0.292	−0.247	0.866*	1
Governance	−0.869*	−0.787*	0.215	0.541	1
Wealth	−0.288	−0.269	0.337	0.490	0.651*
Europe (n = 10)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.725*	1
Capacity no GEF	−0.043	−0.099		1
Governance	−0.504	−0.205		0.667*	1
Wealth	−0.177	0.091		0.816*	0.825*
Eastern Europe and Central Asia (n = 17)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.490*	1
Capacity GEF	0.851*	0.207	1
Capacity no GEF	0.760*	0.231	0.881*	1
Governance	0.137	0.218	0.069	0.042	1
Wealth	0.755*	0.163	0.649*	0.751*	0.477
Middle East and Northern Africa (n = 15)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.536*	1
Capacity GEF	0.494	0.604*	1
Capacity no GEF	−0.045	0.195	0.444	1
Governance	−0.457	−0.075	0.235	0.799*	1
Wealth	−0.527*	−0.362	−0.349	0.600*	0.599*
Sub Saharan Africa (n = 43)
Biodiversity	1
AC biodiversity	0.681*	1
Capacity GEF	0.466*	0.250	1
Capacity no GEF	0.018	−0.032	0.725*	1
Governance	−0.222	−0.224	0.419*	0.485*	1
Wealth	−0.139	0.045	−0.013	0.214	0.078