Biodiversity loss continues at an unprecedented rate, with many species declining to critical levels and significant numbers going extinct. Understanding the status of biodiversity and the reasons behind its decline is essential when developing and implementing effective conservation plans. This is where The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM comes in. The IUCN Red List is the most comprehensive information source on the status of wild species and their links to livelihoods, containing data for more than 52,000 species. It includes information on taxonomy, geographic range, habitat and ecology and threats.
As well as being invaluable in informing species-based conservation actions and identifying globally important sites for conservation, The IUCN Red List can be used to monitor trends in extinction risk of species over time, to track progress towards biodiversity targets.
