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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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Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre)
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Practice of use
Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable
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Record: Submission #389
Panthera leo maasaica
African lion (English), Simba (Swahili)
Tanzania, United Republic of
Collection/display
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Yes, considered sustainable
2008
2 years ago
Record: Submission #53
Aloe ferox
Bitter Aloe, Cape Aloe
South Africa
Medicine and hygiene
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered sustainable
2019
2 years 5 months ago
Record: Submission #21
Ceratotherium simum spp. simium
Southern white rhinoceros
South Africa
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display
Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species
Yes, considered sustainable
2022
2 years 5 months ago
Record: Submission #30
Apis mellifera (scutellata)
(African) Honey bee
Nigeria
Food and feed
Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre)
Yes, considered sustainable
2012
2 years 5 months ago
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