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
Cibotium barometz Golden chicken fern, Golden hair dog fern, Scythian lamb, Jinmao Gou, Jinmao Gouji, Huanggoutou China
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Macaca mulatta Rhesus monkey, Mihou China
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Macaca fascicularis Crab-eating macaque, Shixiehou China
EN
Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Procambarus clarkii Red swamp crayfish China
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Tricholoma matsutake Matsusake mushroom, [Literally 'pine mushroom' in Japanese] China
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 2 years 2 months ago
Onoclea struthiopteris Ostrich fern, [aka: Matteuccia struthiopteris - this study] Japan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2013 2 years 2 months ago
Luciola cruciata Genji firefly Japan
Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation, Conservation Management Watching/experiencing terrestrial, aerial, or aquatic fauna and flora in the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 2 months ago