Species Use Database

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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
Bambusa sp. Bamboo India
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Conservation Management Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 5 months ago
Cibotium barometz golden moss Viet Nam
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 7 months ago
Gonystylus spp. Ramin Indonesia
Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered sustainable 2011 1 year 7 months ago
Sphyrna lewini Scalloped hammerhead shark Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean - eastern, Indian Ocean - western
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 7 months ago
Nardostachys grandiflora Jatamasi Nepal
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2018 1 year 7 months ago
Vanda coerulea blue vanda Thailand
Keeping/companionship/display, Learning and education, Decorative and aesthetic, Recreation, Conservation Management Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 6 months ago
Macaca fascicularis long-tailed macaque Indonesia
EN
Endangered
 Scientific Research Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2023 1 year 7 months ago
Gekko gecko Tokay gecko Indonesia
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2023 1 year 7 months ago
Crocodylus novaeguineae New Guinea crocodile, Irian freshwater crocodile Indonesia
LC
Least Concern
 Keeping/companionship/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Adults hunted from wild for skins, hatchlings taken live and sent to ranching farms. Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 4 months ago
Varanus salvator Asian water monitor, Common water monitor Malaysia
LC
Least Concern
 Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 4 months ago
Nardostachys jatamansi Spikenard Nepal
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2022 9 months 2 weeks ago
Varanus salvator Asian Water Monitor Malaysia
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2022 9 months 2 weeks ago