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
Panthera pardus (pardus) Leopard Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, United Republic of, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Collection/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2022 2 years 8 months ago
Oxytenanthera abyssinica African lowland bamboo Ethiopia
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Energy, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 7 months ago
Pleurotus sp. Oyster mushroom Zimbabwe
Food and feed Cultivation No, sustainability not determined 2019 2 years 7 months ago
Boswellia spp. Frankincense, Oilbanum Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Fragrance manufacturing chiefly for incense and perfumery Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 6 months ago
Ceratotherium simum spp. simium Southern white rhinoceros South Africa
Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2022 2 years 8 months ago
Apis mellifera (scutellata) (African) Honey bee Nigeria
Food and feed Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2012 2 years 8 months ago
Prunus africana African almond, Kanda stick, African cherry, Red stinkwood, Prunier d'Afrique Cameroon
Medicine and hygiene Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2016 2 months 1 week 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 week 3 days 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 5 months 3 weeks ago
Khaya ivorensis African mahogany, Lagos mahogany Nigeria
Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2020 5 days 10 hours ago