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
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Duck United Kingdom
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Streptopelia turtur European Turtle-dove Europe
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 1 year 10 months ago
Tuber melanosporum European black truffle Spain
Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Octopus vulgaris Common Octopus, Polvo-comum Italy
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Anguilla anguilla European eel Czechia
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Recreation, Conservation Management Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 2 months ago
Carduelis spp and Fringilla spp. Finches Italy, Malta
Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 4 months ago
Streptopelia turtur European Turtle Dove Europe, France, Greece, Italy, Spain
VU
Vulnerable
 Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 7 months 3 weeks ago