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
Cuora amboinensis Southeast Asian box turtle, Kura Katap Malaysia
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Cuora amboinensis Southeast Asian box turtle, Kura Kura Indonesia
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Crocodylus Acutus Crocodile ( NNg'wena or Ng'na) in local Cibemba or Cinyanja Languages respectively. Zambia
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Collection/display, Learning and education, Scientific Research, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2013 9 months 4 weeks ago
Panax quinquefolius American Grinseng United States
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Other -- Monetary Cultivation No, sustainability not determined 2022 7 months 3 weeks ago