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
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
Vicugna vicugna Vicuna, Huari Peru
LC
Least Concern
 Materials and construction, Other -- Specifically, wool fibre. Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 7 months ago
Pericopsis elata Afromosia, Assamela Cameroon
EN
Endangered
 Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered sustainable 2009 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
Pericopsis elata Afromosia Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
EN
Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 7 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 5 months ago
Ursus maritimus Polar bear Canada
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2009 2 years 5 months ago
Euphorbia antisyphilitica Candelilla Mexico
LC
Least Concern
 Materials and construction, Other -- Monetary Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2022 9 months 1 week 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 9 months 1 week ago
Rhodiola rosea Golden root, Roseroot, Rosenroot, Kalverot Norway
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2023 2 weeks 5 days ago