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

Biodiversity 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, J. Wilbraham, C. Maggs, L. Baldock, Francis Bunker, N. Mieszkowska, C. Scanlan, I. Tittley, M. Wilkinson, C. Yesson   +9 more
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A Population Accounting Approach to Assess Tourism Contributions to Conservation of IUCN-Redlisted Mammal Species [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Over 1,000 mammal species are red-listed by IUCN, as Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable. Conservation of many threatened mammal species, even inside protected areas, depends on costly active day-to-day defence against poaching, bushmeat ...
R. Buckley, J. Castley, F. De, Vasconcellos Pegas, A. Mossaz, R. Steven, D. Roberts   +6 more
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Conservation Status of Marine Biodiversity in Oceania: An Analysis of Marine Species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [PDF]

, 2011
Given the economic and cultural dependence on the marine environment in Oceania and a rapidly expanding human population, many marine species populations are in decline and may be vulnerable to extinction from a number of local and regional threats. IUCN
B. Polidoro, Cristiane T. Elfes, Jonnell C. Sanciangco, H. Pippard, K. Carpenter   +4 more
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Assessment of recovery potential for the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus): An application of the IUCN green status process

Aquatic conservation, 2023
According to an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment (RLA), the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), an iconic coastal species, is at risk of extirpation in some regions within its range where small and ...
David R. Smith, H. Brockmann, R. Carmichael, E. Hallerman, W. Watson, J. Zaldívar-Rae   +5 more
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Hypolytrum goetghebeurii (Cyperaceae), a curious new species from miombo woodlands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [PDF]

Plant Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Background – The genus Hypolytrum is studied during the preparation of the Cyperaceae treatment in Flore d’Afrique centrale. It is kept separate from Mapania and its African members have been divided amongst three sections.Methods – Herbarium material ...
Philippe Thery, Marc Reynders, Marc Sosef   +2 more
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ERGA-BGE reference genome of the forest-restricted Cretan subspecies of Hanak's bat (Pipistrellus hanaki creticus), an IUCN Vulnerable species

Open Research Europe
Hanak’s bat ( Pipistrellus hanaki Hulva and Benda 2004) is one of the most range restricted mammals in Europe, since it occurs only in Cyrenaica, Libya, and Crete (Greece). It is currently classified as ‘Vulnerable’ on the IUCN Red List, with its foraging habitat threatened by a number of ...
Georgakakis, Panagiotis, Karakasi, Danae, Lymberakis, Petros, Papadimitrakis, Manolis, Stratakis, Manos, Bitzilekis, Eleftherios, Poulakakis, Nikolaos, Böhne, Astrid, Monteiro, Rita, Fernández, Rosa, Escudero, Nuria, Genoscope Sequencing Team, Moussy, Alice, Cruaud, Corinne, Labadie, Karine, Demirdjian, Lola, Mangenot, Sophie, Belser, Caroline, Wincker, Patrick, Oliveira, Pedro H., Aury, Jean-Marc, Haggerty, Leanne, Sinha, Swati, Martin, Fergal, Bortoluzzi, Chiara   +24 more
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Gaps in global wildlife trade monitoring leave amphibians vulnerable

bioRxiv, 2021
As the biodiversity crisis continues, we must redouble efforts to understand and curb pressures pushing species closer to extinction. One major driver is the unsustainable trade of wildlife.
Alice C Hughes, B. M. Marshall, C. Strine   +2 more
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Anthropogenic threats to the Vulnerable Andean Condor in northern South America

PLoS ONE, 2022
Vultures comprise one of the most threatened groups of birds worldwide. With a total population not exceeding 6700 mature individuals, and in rapid decline across its range, the Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) is listed as a Vulnerable species in the IUCN
Juan Sebastián Restrepo-Cardona, María Alejandra Parrado, F. H. Vargas, S. Kohn, F. Sáenz-Jiménez, Yann Potaufeu, Fabricio Narváez   +6 more
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The global impact of wild pigs (Sus scrofa) on terrestrial biodiversity

Scientific Reports, 2021
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is a comprehensive database of over 120,000 species and is a powerful tool to evaluate the threat of invasive species to global biodiversity.
Derek R. Risch, Jeremy Ringma, Melissa R. Price   +2 more
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Study on the Rare Semiaquatic Plant Elatine hydropiper (Elatinaceae) in Lithuania: Population Density, Seed Bank and Conservation Challenges

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark, 2022
Background: Wet, intermittently flooded freshwater coastal and shallow water habitats are notable for their high biodiversity. Many of the usually semiaquatic annuals or small perennials common in such habitats are in decline due to the high sensitivity ...
Laurynas Taura, Liucija Kamaitytė-Bukelskienė, Zofija Sinkevičienė, Zigmantas Gudžinskas   +3 more
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