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Developing a threat risk register based on the IUCN threat hierarchy for five tropical Important Plant Areas in Guinea [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ
A pilot study to develop a threat risk register for Tropical Important Plant Areas in Guinea using the IUCN threat hierarchy is outlined. Guinea lost 92% of its total original forest before the end of the 20th Century.
Charlotte Couch   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Operationalizing the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems in public policy

open access: yesConservation Letters, 2019
Threats to ecosystems are closely linked to human development, whereas lack, insufficiency, and inefficiency of public policies are important drivers of environmental decline.
Alberto J. Alaniz   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The ECAT dataset: expert-validated distribution data of endemic and sub-endemic trees of Central Africa (Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi) [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 2022
In this data paper, we present a specimen-based occurrence dataset compiled in the framework of the Conservation of Endemic Central African Trees (ECAT) project with the aim of producing global conservation assessments for the IUCN Red List.
Wesley Tack   +32 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Global and regional IUCN red list assessments: 12 [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Botanist, 2021
In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of two vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria are presented. It includes the assessment of Genista nuragica Bacch., Brullo & Giusso and Jacobaea incana (L.) Veldkamp at ...
Giuseppe Fenu   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Catalyzing Red List Assessments of Underrepresented Taxa through Partner Networks and Student Engagement

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Global biodiversity decline is continuing largely unabated. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species (hereafter, Red List) provides us with the gold standard for assessments, but taxonomic coverage ...
Monika Böhm   +46 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global and Regional IUCN Red List Assessments: 10 [PDF]

open access: yesItalian Botanist, 2020
In this contribution, the conservation status assessment of two vascular plants according to IUCN categories and criteria is presented. It includes the regional assessment of Jasione orbiculata Griseb. ex Velen.
Giuseppe Fenu   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Science responses to IUCN Red Listing [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2017
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is often advocated as a tool to assist decision-making in conservation investment and research focus. It is frequently suggested that research efforts should prioritize species in higher threat categories and those that are Data Deficient (DD).
Jarić, Ivan   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

The effect of sampling effort and methodology on range size estimates of poorly-recorded species for IUCN Red List assessments

open access: yesBiodiversity and Conservation, 2023
Geographic range size is the most commonly implemented criterion of species’ extinction risk used in IUCN Red List assessments, especially for poorly-recorded species.
Charles J. Marsh   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Red List for British seaweeds: evaluating the IUCN methodology for non-standard marine organisms

open access: yesBiodiversity and Conservation, 2023
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is an authoritative tool in biodiversity conservation. Whilst IUCN criteria have been applied successfully to groups such as birds and mammals, a Red List assessment of British seaweeds in 2021 revealed that the ...
J. Brodie   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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