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Dive into the database and discover which species are being used, where and how.
What is it being used for? Is the use sustainable?
Is the species in use threatend with extinction?
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Arctic Sea
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Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre)
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(1)
Logging and/or Wood Harvesting
(1)
Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
(1)
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Decorative and aesthetic
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Food and feed
(3)
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No, sustainability not determined
(1)
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(2)
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Target species scientific name
Common name(s)
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IUCN Red List status
Purpose(s) of end use
Practice of use
Record considered ecologically sustainable / unsustainable
Publication date
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Record: Submission #84
Lepidochelys olivacea
Olive ridley
Costa Rica
VU
Vulnerable
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression
Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre)
Yes, considered sustainable
2019
2 years 3 months ago
Record: Submission #121
Octopus maya
Maya octopus
Mexico
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources
Yes, considered sustainable
2019
2 years 3 months ago
Record: Submission #22
Odocoileus virginianus
White-tailed deer
Mexico
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Yes, considered unsustainable
2021
2 years 4 months ago
Record: Submission #24
Swietenia macrophylla
Big leaf mahogany
Mexico
VU
Vulnerable
Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction
Logging and/or Wood Harvesting
No, sustainability not determined
2022
2 years 4 months ago
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