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
Tuber melanosporum black truffle Spain
Food and feed, Collection/display, Recreation, Other -- 'Mycotourism' is a newly emerging branch of ecotourism Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered sustainable 2017 2 years 2 months ago
Tuber melanosporum European black truffle Spain
Food and feed Gathering/Cutting/Collecting terrestrial plants and fungi or their products from the wild Yes, considered unsustainable 2018 2 years 3 months ago
Gyps tenuirostris Slender-Billed Vulture Spain, United States
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 2022 8 months 2 weeks ago
Sarcogyps calvus Red-Headed Vulture Spain, United States
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 2022 8 months 2 weeks ago
Gyps himalayensis Himilayan Griffon Spain, United States
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 2022 8 months 2 weeks ago
Gyps rueppellii Rüppell's Vulture Spain, United States
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 2022 8 months 2 weeks ago
Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture Spain, United States
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 2022 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
Neophron percnopterus Egyptian Vulture Greece, Spain, Egypt, Mediterranean and Black Sea
EN
Endangered
 Learning and education, Scientific Research, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression Cultural / Spiritual Yes, considered sustainable 7 months 3 weeks ago