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    The IUCN Red

    List of Threatened
    SpeciesTM

    Image Credit: Pileated Gibbon (Hylobates pileatus) Photo by @ Slavena Peneva on Unsplash
    The IUCN Red List of
    Threatened Species™

    The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™


    is the world’s most comprehensive information
    source on the global conservation status of
    animal, fungi and plant species. By evaluating
    the extinction risk of thousands of species, it is
    a powerful tool to inform and catalyse action for
    biodiversity conservation. It also influences the
    policy changes that are critical to protecting the
    natural resources and processes that humans
    rely on.

    Dr. Jane Smart – Director


    IUCN Global Species Programme

    We live within the limits set by nature. Unprecedented levels of


    biodiversity loss undermine some of society’s most important goals.
    The IUCN Red List is the starting point for conservation action. With
    ENDANGERED
    the collaborative efforts of governments, business and civil society, EN
    we could turn back the tide of species loss to ensure a sustainable
    future for all.

    Image credits: Rodrigues Fruit Bat (Pteropus rodricensis) © Jacques de Speville


    Case Study

    Geographic range: Extant (resident)

    Human action
    threatens species

    Species: Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis)


    CRITICALLY
    Use: Fragrance in perfume and incense ENDANGERED
    CR
    Primary threat: Overharvesting
    Population trend: Decreasing
    Population status: Critically Endangered
    Image credits:
    Top: Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) © Vinayaraj [CC BY-SA 4.0]
    Bottom: Agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis) © BG BGCI
    Reliable data is key to effective conservation The IUCN Red List Index of species survival over time

    The IUCN Red List is a powerful tool used to:


    1.0
    Corals
    Assess the state of the world’s species
    using nine categories Birds

    IUCN Red List index of species survival


    Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN)
    0.9
    and Vulnerable (VU) species are considered
    to be threatened with extinction. The IUCN
    Red List is a critical indicator of the health of Mamals
    the world’s biodiversity–a Barometer of Life– 0.8

    extinction risk
    telling us what we need to know to save wild
    species. Amphibians

    0.7
    Guide decision making to plan biodiversity
    conservation and inform policy
    Used to monitor the United Nations
    Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15– 0.6
    Life on Land, The IUCN Red List Index (RLI)
    tracks progress towards reducing biodiversity Cycads

    loss. The RLI indicates several species


    0.5
    groups face a severe threat of extinction
    and we risk not achieving SDG Goal 15. 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

    Year
    Used by governments, consultants and multi-
    national organisations, to plan and implement
    Key: Extremes Most likely value
    projects that reduce their environmental
    footprints. The data also informs key
    environmental planning tools such as IBAT.

    Prioritising Conservation Action


    The IUCN Red List assessment of all 103
    known lemur species in Madagascar in
    2012 led directly to a conservation strategy
    attracting a USD 7.65 million investment,
    which is protecting many lemur species
    through IUCN SOS–Save Our Species.
    Image Credit: Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus) - Critically
    Endangered © Russ Mittermeier
    Guide and measure effective conservation The IUCN—Toyota Partnership
    action to reduce biodiversity loss

    A study found 80% of species-specific


    funding is for animals and plants listed
    When tackling threats to the global environment,
    as threatened on The IUCN Red List. it is important to act early and boldly with
    Regional assessments of biodiversity and
    concrete steps that will make a difference in
    its interlinkage with ecosystem services use people’s lives. We did it in 1997 with Prius, and
    The IUCN Red List to report on threatened
    species for Asia-Pacific, Africa, Americas more recently with the hydrogen fuel cell Mirai.
    and Europe-Central Asia under the
    Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform
    But protecting the environment is not just
    on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. about CO² and emissions: biodiversity is equally
    Responding to this, IUCN species
    important to human lives. By entering this
    conservation actions executed through partnership with IUCN, Toyota are very proud
    IUCN SOS - Save Our Species and the
    Integrated Tiger Habitat Conservation to take an additional step toward the challenge
    Programme (ITHCP), support more than
    200 civil society organisations and
    of establishing a future society in harmony
    government bodies in over 70 countries, with nature.
    currently protecting more than 300
    threatened species from extinction.

    Mitigating Environmental Impact Didier Leroy


    Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation

    The World Economic Forum Travel and The IUCN—Toyota Partnership is driven by the Toyota Environmental
    Tourism Competitiveness Index uses The Challenge 2050, which aims to reduce the negative impacts
    IUCN Red List data when measuring the associated with automobiles to zero, whilst simultaneously
    sustainable development of tourism. making positive impacts on society. Through supporting the global
    assessment of over 28,000 species, Toyota is proud to contribute
    The data are used to examine the natural
    resources of countries and to calculate
    to the knowledge that can help establish the foundation for a future
    factors such as environmental sustainability. society in harmony with nature.

    Image Credit: Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Photo by © Harshil


    Gudka on Unsplash
    Case Study Image credits: Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) © Robin Moore

    Geographic range: Extant (resident)

    Conservation
    action works
    Species: Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
    Primary threat: Overexploitation for blubber, oil and meat
    Conservation International bans on commercial VULNERABLE
    action: whaling, doubling the population of the VU
    species since the 1970s
    Status change: (Was) Endangered   (Now) Vulnerable
    Donate:
    The IUCN Red List depends on donations
    and long-term partnerships to continue
    its important work assessing and
    reassessing the conservation status of
    the world’s species.

    Contact

    Find out how you can work with us to The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM is produced
    create a more complete Barometer of Life: by the Red List Partnership, currently: Arizona State
    University, BirdLife International, Botanic Gardens
    iucnredlist.org/support/donate Conservation International, Conservation International,
    International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),
    [email protected]
    NatureServe, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Sapienza
    Produced under the IUCN­­–Toyota University of Rome, IUCN Species Survival Commission,
    Partnership Texas A&M University, and Zoological Society of London.

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