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The use of opportunistic data for IUCN Red List assessments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
IUCN Red Lists are recognized worldwide as powerful instruments for the conservation of species. Quantitative criteria to standardize approaches for estimating population trends, geographic ranges and population sizes have been developed at global and ...
Collen, Ben   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Ecuadorian Red Lists and the IUCN Red List: A Disconnect [PDF]

open access: yesBiodiversity Information Science and Standards
Up-to-date and globally available information about the conservation status of biodiversity is of paramount importance, given the accelerating global biodiversity loss. Governments rely on this information for policies on conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Alina Freire-Fierro   +9 more
openaire   +1 more source

Conservation-Status Gaps for Marine Top-Fished Commercial Species

open access: yesFishes, 2021
Biodiversity loss is a global problem, accelerated by human-induced pressures. In the marine realm, one of the major threats to species conservation, together with climate change, is overfishing.
Imanol Miqueleiz   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

First record of the Two-striped Box Crab Calappa bilineata Ng, Lai & Aungtonya, 2002 (Brachyura: Calappidae) from St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
As part of survey of a BS (hons) study tour conducted by the Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, two specimens of box crab were caught with a beach seine net from the northern beach in front of the Hotel Prince Heaven (20038’07.50”N & 92019 ...
Muntasir Akash, Mostafa A.R. Hossain
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation planning and the IUCN Red List [PDF]

open access: yesEndangered Species Research, 2008
Systematic conservation planning aims to identify comprehensive protected area networks that together will minimize biodiversity loss. Importantly, conservation planners seek to determine where to allocate limited resources first, particularly given the uneven spread of, and threats to, biodiversity.
M Hoffmann   +10 more
openaire   +1 more source

Assessing the cost of global biodiversity and conservation knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Knowledge products comprise assessments of authoritative information supported by stan-dards, governance, quality control, data, tools, and capacity building mechanisms.
Ackbar, Joolia   +42 more
core   +3 more sources

Analyzing National Red List data of East Asia

open access: yesJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List aims to assess global species distribution rather than specific regional or national distribution units.
Ae-Ra Moon   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gulf of Mexico oil blowout increases risks to globally threatened species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Fourteen marine species in the Gulf of Mexico are protected by the US Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Campagna, C   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates: a review of IUCN and regional Red Lists for Myriapoda [PDF]

open access: yesZooKeys, 2020
Red Listing of Threatened species is recognized as the most objective approach for evaluating extinction risk of living organisms which can be applied at global or national scales. Invertebrates account for nearly 97% of all animals on the planet but are
Manoela Karam-Gemael   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Conservation assessments and Red Listing of the endemic Moroccan flora (monocotyledons) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Morocco constitutes an important centre of plant diversity and speciation in the Mediterranean Basin. However, numerous species are threatened by issues ranging from human activities to global climatic change.
Aafi   +163 more
core   +1 more source

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