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    The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It classifies species into nine categories based on extinction risk, including Extinct, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, and Least Concern. The Red List aims to provide a consistent approach to evaluating extinction risk across different taxa to improve conservation decision making and prioritization of threatened species. It is updated annually with new species assessments and reassessments.

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    The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It classifies species into nine categories based on extinction risk, including Extinct, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, and Least Concern. The Red List aims to provide a consistent approach to evaluating extinction risk across different taxa to improve conservation decision making and prioritization of threatened species. It is updated annually with new species assessments and reassessments.

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    The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It classifies species into nine categories based on extinction risk, including Extinct, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, and Least Concern. The Red List aims to provide a consistent approach to evaluating extinction risk across different taxa to improve conservation decision making and prioritization of threatened species. It is updated annually with new species assessments and reassessments.

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    The IUCN Red List is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It classifies species into nine categories based on extinction risk, including Extinct, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, and Least Concern. The Red List aims to provide a consistent approach to evaluating extinction risk across different taxa to improve conservation decision making and prioritization of threatened species. It is updated annually with new species assessments and reassessments.

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    IUCN

    RED DATA
    CATEGORIE
    S
    Dr Meena Poonja
    IUCN Red List
    • 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.
    • The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity.
    • It is a powerful tool to inform conservation action and policy.
    • It provides information about species’ range, population size, habitats and ecology, use and trade, threats,
    and conservation actions that help inform conservation decisions.
    • Species are classified into one of nine Red List Categories: Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Critically
    Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, Least Concern, Data Deficient and Not
    Evaluated. Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered species are considered to be threatened
    with extinction.
    • The IUCN Red List will be updated with thousands of new species assessments and reassessments on
    Monday 11 December 2023.
    The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria have several specific aims:
    • to provide a system that can be applied consistently by different people
    • to improve objectivity by providing users with clear guidance on how to
    evaluate different factors which affect the risk of extinction
    • to provide a system which will facilitate comparisons across widely
    different taxa
    • to give people using threatened species lists a better understanding of
    how individual species were classified.
    LEAST CONCERN - LC
    unlikely to become endangered or extinct in the near future
    and abundant taxa are included in this category.

    1 2 3
    NEAR THREATENED -
    A taxon NT
    is Near Threatened
    when it has been evaluated
    against the criteria but does
    not qualify for Critically
    Endangered, Endangered or
    Vulnerable now, but is close
    to qualifying for or is likely to
    qualify for a threatened
    category in the near future.
    VULNERABLE -
    VU
    A taxon is Vulnerable when
    the best available evidence
    indicates that it meets any
    of the criteria for
    Vulnerable, and it is
    therefore considered to be
    facing a high risk of
    extinction in the wild.
    ENDANGERED -
    EN
    A taxon is Endangered
    when the best available
    evidence indicates that it
    meets any of the criteria for
    Endangered, and it is
    therefore considered to be
    facing a very high risk of
    extinction in the wild.
    CRITICALLY ENDANGERED -
    A taxon is Critically CR
    Endangered when the best
    available evidence indicates
    that it meets any of the
    criteria for Critically
    Endangered, and it is
    therefore considered to be
    facing an extremely high
    risk of extinction in the
    wild. Kondana Rat
    EXTINCT IN WILD -
    EWin the Wild when it is known only to
    • A taxon is Extinct
    survive in cultivation, in captivity or as a naturalized
    population (or populations) well outside the past range.
    • A taxon is presumed Extinct in the Wild when
    exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, at
    appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual),
    throughout its historic range have failed to record an
    individual.
    • Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the
    taxon’s life cycle and life form.
    EXTINCT IN WILD -
    EW

    SOCORRO GUAM
    DOVE KINGFISHER
    EXTINCT - EX
    • A taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt
    that the last individual has died.
    • A taxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys
    in known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate times
    (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range
    have failed to record an individual.
    • Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the
    taxon’s life cycle and life form.
    EXTINCT - EX
    EXTINCT - EX
    In 2023, scientists declared
    21 species officially extinct.
    Included on the shameful list
    are birds, mussels, fish, and
    a mammal. Destroyed
    habitat, pollution, climate
    change, exploitation, and
    invasive species are the
    culprits.
    THANK
    YOU!
    I hope you learn something
    new today!

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