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
Trachypithecus phayrei Phayre’s langur, Phayre's leaf-monkey Myanmar
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 2 years 6 months ago
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 7 months ago
Elephas maximus Asian elephant Myanmar
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Collection/display, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 7 months ago
Manis crassicaudata Indian pangolin India
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 6 months ago
Pteropus vampyrus Large Flying-fox Philippines
Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 6 months ago
Pterocarpus santalinus red Sander tree India
EN
Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Conservation Management Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 1 year 9 months ago
Dalbergia cochinchinensis Siamese rosewood Viet Nam
CR
Critically Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 1 year 9 months ago
Rhynchobatus australiae Bottlenose wedgefish Indonesia, Indian Ocean - eastern
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 1 year 9 months ago
Isurus oxyrinchus Shortfin mako shark Indonesia, Indian Ocean - eastern
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 1 year 9 months ago
Scoliodon laticaudus Spadenosed shark, Dog shark Bangladesh
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 5 months ago
Auxis spp. Bonitos Indonesia
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 5 months ago
Laccifer lacca Lac beetle, Lac bug Indonesia
Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Other -- Produces shellac resin, used in paints and varnishes, cosmetics, food additive, candles, electrical wire insulation and textiles Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 6 months ago
Pseudois nayaur Blue sheep, Baharal Nepal
LC
Least Concern
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 6 months ago
Hemitragus jemlahicus Himalayan tahr Nepal
NT
Near Threatened
 Collection/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 6 months ago
Commiphora wightii Gugal, Guggul, Mukul India
CR
Critically Endangered
 Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Decorative and aesthetic Other -- Resin tapping Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 5 months ago