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
Morchella spp. Morel mushroom Pakistan
Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2022 2 years 2 months ago
Pelophylax caralitanus Anatolian water frog, Beyşehir Frog Turkey
NT
Near Threatened
 Food and feed Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Panulirus homarus Scalloped spiny lobster Oman
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 4 months ago
Actitis hypoleucos Common Sandpiper India, Pakistan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2016 8 months 2 weeks ago
Anser albifrons Greater White-Fronted Goose Iran, Islamic Republic of
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 2 weeks ago
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard Israel
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2023 8 months 2 weeks ago
Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck Israel
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2023 8 months 2 weeks ago
Coturnix coturnix Common quail Afghanistan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Keeping/companionship/display Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 8 months 2 weeks ago
Lepus capensis Cape hare Afghanistan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene, Keeping/companionship/display, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 8 months 2 weeks ago
Leucogeranus leucogeranus Siberian Crane Iran, Islamic Republic of
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2018 8 months 2 weeks ago
Anser erythropus Lesser White-Fronted Goose Kazakhstan
VU
Vulnerable
 Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Monetary Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 8 months 2 weeks ago
Coturnix coturnix Common Quail Palestine, State of
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 7 months 3 weeks ago
Anthropoides virgo Demoiselle Crane Pakistan
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed, Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 7 months 3 weeks ago