Species Use Database

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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 3 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 5 months ago
Panax quinquefolius American ginseng United States
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
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
Prunus africana African cherry, pygeum Cameroon
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene Other -- harvesting of tree bark Yes, considered sustainable 2011 1 year 5 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 5 months ago
Lepidochelys olivacea Olive ridley Costa Rica
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2019 2 years 3 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
Ursus arctos horribilis Grizzly bear Canada
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- retribution killing Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals 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
Aloe secundiflora African aloes Kenya
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Conservation Management Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Antipathes grandis Black coral United States, Pacific - eastern central
Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 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 6 months ago
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 3 months ago
Inonotus obliquus Chaga, Birch clinker, Kofukisaruno-koshikake, Sterile conk trunk rot Russian Federation
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2004 2 years 2 months ago
Laminaria hyperborea Brown kelp Norway
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2011 2 years 3 months ago
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry Finland
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Recreation, Other -- Family tradition Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2013 2 years 3 months ago
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 4 months ago
Vitellaria paradoxa Shea tree Uganda
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2012 2 years 2 months ago
Panax quinquefolius American Ginseng United States
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2018 2 years 2 months ago
Vaccinium angustifolium wild blueberry United States
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Cultivation Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 2 months ago
Betula pendula Silver Birch Finland
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 4 months ago
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis Green sea urchin Arctic Sea
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 2 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 8 months 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 8 months ago
Salvator merianae Black and White Tegu Lizard Argentina
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2022 8 months ago
Bulnesia sarmientoi Guaiacwood, Holy Wood Paraguay
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Other -- Monetary Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2022 7 months 3 weeks ago
Pelargonium sidoides Uvendle, iKhubalo, Rabassam, T'nami, Khoara-e-nyenyane, Kalwerbossie South Africa
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 4 months ago