IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria

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The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria is a standardized global framework used to assess and classify species’ extinction risk based on quantitative measures of population status, trends, and threats.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf biodiversity risk classification system
conservation assessment framework
appliesTo species
subpopulations
subspecies
varieties
basedOn degree of population fragmentation
geographic range
observed threats
population size
population trend
quantitative criteria
characteristic repeatable assessments
standardized methodology
transparent thresholds
definesCategory Critically Endangered (CR)
Data Deficient (DD)
Endangered (EN)
Extinct (EX)
Extinct in the Wild (EW)
Least Concern (LC)
Near Threatened (NT)
Not Evaluated (NE)
Vulnerable (VU)
developedBy International Union for Conservation of Nature
governingBody IUCN Species Survival Commission
influences international conservation agreements
national endangered species legislation
linkedTo IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
purpose assess extinction risk of taxa
requires documentation of data sources
justification of category assignment
revisedFrom earlier IUCN Red List criteria (1994 version)
scope global
shortName IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria
supports biodiversity conservation planning
monitoring progress toward conservation targets
policy and decision making
priority setting for species conservation
usedFor global Red List assessments
national Red List adaptations
usesCriterion Criterion A (population reduction)
Criterion B (geographic range)
Criterion C (small population size and decline)
Criterion D (very small or restricted population)
Criterion E (quantitative analysis)
version Version 3.1
versionPublicationYear 2001

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