The IUCN Red List is used to help inform conservation decisions and policy.
Sources
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (iucn.org)
- https://www.gbif.org/dataset/19491596-35ae-4a91-9a98-85cf505f1bd3 (gbif.org)
- https://www.iucnredlist.org/about/uses (iucnredlist.org)
- https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.70298 (conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
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