Conservation-dependent species
A conservation-dependent species is any plant, animal, or other living thing that would become endangered or die out if human beings did not help it. It is a conservation status. The IUCN Red List is one group that decides which species are conservation dependent and which are not.[1]
Some conservation-dependent species live in zoos or aquariums. Others live in places that park rangers and other people protect from illegal hunters.[2][3] So some conservation-dependent species are extinct in the wild and others are not.
Conservation-dependent Species Media
A visualization of the categories in the no-longer used "IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)", with conservation dependent (LR/cd) highlighted. The category was folded into the "near threatened" category in the 2001 revision, but some species which have not been re-evaluated retain the assessment.
References
- ↑ conservation dependentDictionary.com. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ↑ Dalia A. Conde. Zoos through the Lens of the IUCN Red List: A Global Metapopulation Approach to Support Conservation Breeding Programs. PLOS ONE 8 (12) (December 11, 2013). p. e80311. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080311.
- ↑ Ritada Silvaa. Assessing the conservation potential of fish and corals in aquariums globally. Journal for Nature Conservation 48 (April 2019). p. 1–11. doi:10.1016/j.jnc.2018.12.001. Retrieved October 26, 2020.