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
Octopus vulgaris Common Octopus, Polvo-comum Italy
LC
Least Concern
 Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources Yes, considered unsustainable 2021 2 years 3 months ago
Robinia pseudoacacia Black locust Italy
LC
Least Concern
 Energy Logging and/or Wood Harvesting No, sustainability not determined 2015 2 years 3 months ago
Paracentrotus lividus Purple sea urchin Italy
Food and feed Targeted fishing harvesting/exploiting or collecting wild aquatic resources No, sustainability not determined 2016 2 years 2 months ago
Acrocephalus Paludicola Aquatic Warbler Italy
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 2016 8 months 2 weeks ago
Anas Platyrhynchos Mallard Italy
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
Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture Italy
NT
Near Threatened
 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 2019 8 months 2 weeks ago
Streptopelia turtur European Turtle Dove Europe, France, Greece, Italy, Spain
VU
Vulnerable
 Recreation Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals Yes, considered unsustainable 7 months 3 weeks ago