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The latest IUCN Red List (2024-1) reveals the Bornean Elephant is Endangered due to human activities, invasive snakes are driving endemic reptiles on the Canary Islands and Ibiza to extinction, while illegal trade and climate change threaten cacti in Chile.
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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- Background & History
The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of...
- Assessment Process
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So far, over 163,000 species have been assessed for The IUCN...
- Searching The IUCN Red List
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The 2022-2 IUCN Red List update includes 1,104 new tree...
- Species Categorized as Vulnerable (Vu)
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- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
In 1997, the IUCN Red List received criticism on the grounds of secrecy (or at least poor documentation) surrounding the sources of its data. [31] These allegations have led to efforts by the IUCN to improve its documentation and data quality, and to include peer reviews of taxa on the Red List. [24]
The IUCN Red List is a searchable online database (www.iucnredlist.org), and users can register to freely download data. Only after the data have been through a transparent and thorough process of peer review, are they added to the database.
By 2024, 157,000 species had been assessed by using the IUCN Red List categories and criteria. Of these, more than 44,000 species of plants, animals, and others fall into the threatened categories (CR, EN, and VU). Today the list appears as an online database available to the public.
ity for IUCN Red List Spatial Data page on The IUCN Red List website. This file provides detailed guidance on required and recommended attribute data fields, including definitions, fie. d types, field lengths, and equivalent data fields in other datasets.Tables 1 and 2 list the standard attributes for spat. al data; the codes used to indicate ...
All reassessments on The IUCN Red List include a record of the reasons for any change in Red List Category, and this allows us to identify which species are genuinely improving or deteriorating in status.
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.
