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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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Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
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Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
(6)
Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species
(1)
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Conservation Management
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Decorative and aesthetic
(1)
Food and feed
(7)
Medicine and hygiene
(1)
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not recorded
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Yes, considered sustainable
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Yes, considered unsustainable
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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
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Record: Submission #620
Crocodylus niloticus
Nile crocodile, Mamba
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed, Decorative and aesthetic, Other -- Leather
Ranching, farming or cultivation or wild species
Yes, considered sustainable
2008
1 year 5 months ago
Record: Submission #632
Aloe secundiflora
African aloes
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Medicine and hygiene, Conservation Management
Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild
Yes, considered sustainable
2008
1 year 5 months ago
Record: Submission #829
Tringa stagnatilis
Marsh Sandpiper
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
not recorded
2010
7 months 3 weeks ago
Record: Submission #854
Tringa nebularia
Common Greenshank
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
not recorded
2010
7 months 1 week ago
Record: Submission #797
Tringa ochropus
Green Sandpiper
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Yes, considered unsustainable
2010
8 months ago
Record: Submission #855
Charadrius hiaticula
Common Ringed Plover
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
not recorded
2009
7 months 1 week ago
Record: Submission #871
Anastomus lamelligerus
African Openbill
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
not recorded
2020
6 months 3 weeks ago
Record: Submission #872
Tringa glareola
Wood Sandpiper
Kenya
LC
Least Concern
Food and feed
Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
not recorded
2020
6 months 3 weeks ago
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