Species Use Database

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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
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 2 months ago
Boswellia spp. Frankincense, Oilbanum Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda
Medicine and hygiene, Other -- Ceremony and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Fragrance manufacturing chiefly for incense and perfumery Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2019 2 years 2 months ago
Necrosyrtes monachus Hooded Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa, Zimbabwe
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks ago
Gyps rueppelli Rüppell’s Vulture Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, United Republic of
CR
Critically Endangered
 Food and feed, Medicine and hygiene Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals not recorded 2017 6 months 3 weeks ago