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
Vicugna vicugna Vicuña Argentina, Bolivia, Plurinational States of, Peru
LC
Least Concern
 Learning and education, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2020 2 years 3 months ago
Chelonoidis denticulata Yellow-footed tortoise Brazil
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2015 2 years 3 months ago
Eunectes notaeus Yellow anaconda Argentina
LC
Least Concern
 Decorative and aesthetic Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2023 1 year 10 months ago
Swietenia mahagoni Bigleaf Mahogany Bolivia, Plurinational States of, Brazil, Peru
NT
Near Threatened
 Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Vicugna vicugna Vicuna, Huari Peru
LC
Least Concern
 Materials and construction, Other -- Specifically, wool fibre. Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Swietenia macrophylla, Mahogany Brazil
Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2013 1 year 5 months ago
Arapaima spp. Pirarucu Brazil
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2010 1 year 5 months ago
Catagonus wagneri Chacoan peccary Paraguay
EN
Endangered
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Swietenia macrophylla Mahogany Brazil
VU
Vulnerable
 Scientific Research Other -- Monitoring woodborer parasitism in tree saplings No, sustainability not determined 2011 1 year 5 months ago
Bertholletia excelsa Brazil-nut Bolivia, Plurinational States of
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2013 2 years 3 months ago
Dasypus novemcinctus Nine-banded armadillo Brazil
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Tayassu pecari White-lipped peccary Brazil
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Strombus gigas Queen conch, Caracol pala Colombia, Atlantic - western central
Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2008 1 year 5 months ago
Arapaima gigas Pirarucu , Arapaima Brazil
DD
Data Deficient
 Food and feed, Collection/display Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered sustainable 2016 2 years 3 months ago
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris Capybara Brazil
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Other -- Food for trade (which more liable to policing enforcement) Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2022 2 years 3 months ago
Rhynchophorus palmarum South American palm weevil Peru
Food and feed Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species Yes, considered sustainable 2018 2 years 2 months ago
Anomalocardia flexuosa venus clam Brazil
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2021 2 years 2 months ago
Rumohra adiantiformis Leather fern, Lethaerleaf fern Brazil
LC
Least Concern
 Decorative and aesthetic Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2010 2 years 2 months ago
Vicugna vicugna Vicuña Bolivia, Plurinational States of
LC
Least Concern
 Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Collecting or harvesting parts or products from wild animals (e.g., eggs, wild honey, vicuna fibre) Yes, considered sustainable 2019 8 months 1 week ago
Salvator merianae Black and White Tegu Lizard Argentina
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2022 8 months ago
Eunectes notaeus Yellow Anaconda Argentina
LC
Least Concern
 Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered sustainable 2022 8 months ago
Bulnesia sarmientoi Guaiacwood, Holy Wood Paraguay
LC
Least Concern
 Medicine and hygiene, Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction, Other -- Monetary Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2022 7 months 3 weeks ago
Puma concolor Puma Argentina
LC
Least Concern
 Recreation, Other -- Monetary, Protection (of self and livestock) Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals No, sustainability not determined 2020 7 months 2 weeks ago