Species Use Database

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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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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
Pericopsis elata afrormosia, assamela Cameroon
EN
Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting No, sustainability not determined 2008 1 year 7 months ago
Pericopsis elata Afromosia, Assamela Cameroon
EN
Endangered
 Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered sustainable 2009 1 year 7 months ago
Pericopsis elata Afromosia Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
EN
Endangered
 Decorative and aesthetic, Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered sustainable 2014 1 year 7 months ago
Millettia laurentii Wengé Cameroon
EN
Endangered
 Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 1 year 7 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 4 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 11 months 2 weeks ago
Prunus africana African Cherry Cameroon
VU
Vulnerable
 Medicine and hygiene, Materials and construction, Other -- Monetary, Pharmaceutical, Timber Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild No, sustainability not determined 2019 9 months 3 weeks ago
Pterocarpus erinaceus African Barwood, African Kino Tree, African Rosewood, African Teak, Kosso, Keno, Senegal Rosewood Ghana
EN
Endangered
 Materials and construction Logging and/or Wood Harvesting Yes, considered unsustainable 2023 2 months 1 week ago