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
Chiroptera ssp. Bats China
Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2001 1 year 2 months ago
Neophron oercnopterus Egyptian vultures Nigeria
Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2020 1 year ago
Cibotium barometz Cibota, Chain fern rhizome, Cibotum, Cibot Rhizome, Lamb of Tartary Viet Nam
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild not recorded 2008 5 months ago
Oncorhynchus spp. Salmon Pacific - northwest
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources not recorded 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Oncorhynchus spp. Salmon Pacific - northwest
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources not recorded 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Guaiacum sanctum Lignum vitae, Guayacan, Palo santo Mexico
Medicine and hygiene, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting not recorded 2008 4 months ago
Aloe Ferox Aloe, Cape Aloe, Lucid Aloe South Africa
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild not recorded 2023 1 month 3 weeks ago
Hoodia gordonii Ghaap, Bitter ghaap, Xhoba, Hoodia South Africa
Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild not recorded 2007 7 months 1 week ago
Gastrodia elata Tianma China
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Cultivation not recorded 2025 1 month 2 weeks ago