IUCN - Red Listing Projects

Red List assessments belong to the most important tasks of our group. Without any documented knowledge of the threats to Orthoptera, no conservation is possible. Furthermore, this information is crucial to concentrate conservation measures on the areas with the highest numbers of threatened species.

European Red Listing of Orthoptera (ERO)

Coordinators: Baudewijn Odé, Luc Willemse, Roy Kleukers

Red list assessments of the ca. 1000 European species of grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets has started in 2011. The red list status of 60 species has been published in 2012 on the IUCN red list. In spring 2013 a red listing workshop will be held in Leiden to coordinate the red list assessments of all European species. A lot of issues concerning the red listing of European Orthoptera is discussed on the facebook page of ERO.

South African Red Listing Initiative (SARLI)

Coordinator: Corinna Bazelet

GIS maps for all South African bush-crickets have been created and assessments will be completed during the next two years.

Red Listing of Tanzanian endemic grasshoppers

Coordinator: Axel Hochkirch

The first assessments of Tanzanian endemic grasshoppers have been completed. It is planned to process all 187 species during the next two years.

Acrostira bellamyi is a flightless grasshopper endemic to La Gomera (Canary Islands, Spain). It occurs mainly in the laurel forests, which have recently been affected by wildfires.

Photo: Axel Hochkirch

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Red Listing Projects