Autores
Georgina M Mace, Nigel J Collar, Kevin J Gaston, CRAIG Hilton‐Taylor, H Resit Akçakaya, NIGEL Leader‐Williams, Eleanor Jane Milner‐Gulland, Simon N Stuart
Fecha de publicación
2008/12
Origen
Conservation biology
Volumen
22
Número
6
Páginas
1424-1442
Editor
Blackwell Publishing Inc
Descripción
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species was increasingly used during the 1980s to assess the conservation status of species for policy and planning purposes. This use stimulated the development of a new set of quantitative criteria for listing species in the categories of threat: critically endangered, endangered, and vulnerable. These criteria, which were intended to be applicable to all species except microorganisms, were part of a broader system for classifying threatened species and were fully implemented by IUCN in 2000. The system and the criteria have been widely used by conservation practitioners and scientists and now underpin one indicator being used to assess the Convention on Biological Diversity 2010 biodiversity target. We describe the process and the technical background to the IUCN Red List system. The criteria refer to fundamental biological …
Citas totales
Artículos de Google Académico
GM Mace, NJ Collar, KJ Gaston, C Hilton‐Taylor… - Conservation biology, 2008