Species Use Database

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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?

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Target species scientific name Common name(s) Geographic location IUCN Red List status Purpose(s) of end use Practice of use Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable Publication date Entered
Eidolon helvum African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Ghana
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2015 2 years 5 months ago
Swietenia mahagoni Bigleaf Mahogany Bolivia, Plurinational States of, Brazil, Peru
NT
Near Threatened
 Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 6 months ago
Allochrocebus solatus Sun-tailed monkey, Black spider monkey Gabon
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2012 2 years 5 months ago
Python regius Ball python Togo
NT
Near Threatened
 Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2020 2 years 5 months ago
Tragelaphus eurycerus Bongo Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
NT
Near Threatened
 Recreation, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2021 9 months ago
Bison bison Bison, Plains Bison United States
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2017 5 months 3 weeks ago