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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
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Record: Submission #39
Ophiocordyceps sinensis
Himalayan (or Chinese) caterpillar fungus
Bhutan, Nepal, China
VU
Vulnerable
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered unsustainable
2018
2 years 3 months ago
Record: Submission #81
Saiga tatarica
Saiga antelope
Mongolia
CR
Critically Endangered
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression
Other -- Trading of horn hunted elsewhere
Yes, considered unsustainable
2019
2 years 3 months ago
Record: Submission #23
Arctonyx collaris
Greater hog badger
China
VU
Vulnerable
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Yes, considered unsustainable
2015
2 years 4 months ago
Record: Submission #194
Anguilla japonica
Japanese eel
Japan
EN
Endangered
Food and feed, Conservation Management
Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Yes, considered unsustainable
2021
2 years 2 months ago
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