about the iucn strategy in the redlist spp through out the world

1. IUCN RED LIST
by
Hameedullah kakar

2. CATEGORIES AND CRITER
IA

3. Cont….
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened S
pecies™ (or The IUCN
• Red List) has a long established histo
ry as the world’s mostcomprehensive i
nformation source on the global conse
rvation
status of plant and animal species

4. Cont…
It is based on an objective
system of assessing the risk of extin
ction for a species.
Species listed as Critically Endangere
d, Endangered or Vulnerable are colle
ctively described as ‘threatened’.

6. Red List Categories
• Extinct or Extinct in the Wild
• Critically Endangered, Endangered and Vulnera
ble: species threatened with global extinction
• Near Threatened: species close to the threaten
ed thresholds or would be threatened without on
going conservation measures
• Least Concern: species evaluated with a low risk
of extinction
• Data Deficient: no evaluation because of insuffi
cient data

7. Cont…
• By 2008, 44,837 species have been as
sessed and 38% have been classifi ed
as threatened.
• Comprehensive assessments of
every known species of mammal, bird,
amphibian, shark, reef building
coral, cycad and conifer have been con
ducted.

8. Crisis? What Crisis?
The world has recognized that biodiversity
is continuing at unacceptable levels
In 2002, the World Summit on Sustainable
Development agreed the following target:
TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE RATE
OF BIODIVERSITY LOSS BY 2010

9. To achieve the 2010 Target we ne
ed to know:
• What is the overall status of biodiversi
ty?
• At what rate is biodiversity being lost?
• Where is biodiversity being lost?
• What are the causes of decline and loss
of biodiversity?
www.iucnredlist.org

10. IUCN Red List – 2008 Update
• 2008 assessment includes 44,838 species
• 869 (2%) are extinct or extinct in the wild
• 16,928 (38%) are threatened with extinction
– 3,246 critically endangered
– 4,770 endangered
– 8,912 vulnerable
– 5,570 have insufficient info to determine their status (data deficient)
– Underestimates the true number of extinctions
– Rates of extinctions 100 to 1,000 times natural background extinction r
ates

11. What are the causes of decline
and loss?

12. Is the 2010 Target being
achieved?
The findings of the 2004 IUCN Red Lis
t indicate very little progress so far, ex
cept at the local level

13. USES AND APPLICATIONS
• A multitude of uses
• The IUCN Red List can help answer m
any important questions including:
• What is the overall status of biodive
rsity, and how is it changing over time
?
• How does the status of biodiversity
vary between regions, countries and s
ub national areas?

14. Cont…
• Where is biodiversity being lost most
• rapidly?
• What are the main causes of the dec
line and loss of biodiversity?
• What is the effectiveness and impac
t of conservation activities
• What is the rate at which biodiversit
y is being lost?

15. Cont…
SOURCE:
THE IUCN RED LIST:A KEY CONSER
VATION TOOL
Jean-Christophe Vié, Craig Hilton-Tayl
or, Caroline Pollock, James Ragle, Jan
e Smart,Simon Stuart and Rashila To
ng.
For more information: www.iucn.org
/redlist/, www.iucn.org