A visualization of the categories in the no-longer used "IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)", with conservation dependent (LR/cd) highlighted. The category was folded into the "near threatened" category in the 2001 revision, but some species which have not been re-evaluated retain the assessment.
A conservation-dependent species is a species which has been categorised as "Conservation Dependent" ("LR/cd") by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), i.e. as dependent on conservation efforts to prevent it from becoming threatened with extinction. Such species must be the focus of a continuing species-specific and/or habitat-specific conservation programme, the cessation of which would result in the species qualifying for one of the threatened categories within a period of five years.
The category is part of the IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria (version 2.3), which is no longer used in evaluation of taxa, but persists in the IUCN Red List for taxa evaluated prior to 2001, when version 3.1 was first used. Using the 2001 (v3.1) system these taxa are classed as near threatened, but those that have not been re-evaluated remain with the "Conservation Dependent" category.
As of December 2015[update], there remains 209 conservation-dependent plant species and 29 conservation-dependent animal species.
As of December 2015[update], the IUCN still lists 29 conservation-dependent animal species, and two conservation-dependent subpopulations or stocks.[1]
Mollusks[edit]
Bear paw clam
China clam
Maxima clam
Fluted giant clam
Arthropods[edit]
Mono Lake brine shrimp
Attheyella yemanjae
Canthocamptus campaneri
Metacyclops campestris
Murunducaris juneae
Muscocyclops bidenatus
Muscocyclops therasiae
California ground cricket
Ponticyclops boscoi
Spaniacris deserticola
Stenopelmatus nigrocapitatus
Thermocyclops parvus
Fish[edit]
Banded mountain zipper loach
Ceylonese combtail
Ornate paradisefish
Sinarapan
Two spot barb
Black ruby barb
Cherry barb
Pearly rasbora
Side-striped barb
Reptiles[edit]
Black caiman
Arrau turtle
Mammals[edit]
Subpopulations and stocks
Bowhead whale (1 subpopulation/stock)
Northern blue whale (1 subpopulation/stock)
EPBC Act[edit]
In Australia, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 still uses a "Conservation Dependent" category for classifying fauna and flora species. Species recognised as "Conservation Dependent" do not receive special protection, as they are not considered "matters of national environmental significance under the EPBC Act".
The legislation uses categories similar to those of the IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria. It does not, however, have a near threatened category or any other "lower risk" categories.
As of December 2006[update], only two species have received the status under the act:
Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)
Southern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii)
No flora has been given the category under the EPBC Act.
See also[edit]
Conservation-reliant species
IUCN Red List conservation dependent species, ordered by taxonomic rank.
Category:IUCN Red List conservation dependent species, ordered alphabetically.
References[edit]
^"IUCN Red List version 2015.4". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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Template: Threatened species by region
IUCN Red List
Categories1
Extinct
Extinct (EX)
Extinct in the Wild (EW)
Threatened
Critically Endangered (CR)
Endangered (EN)
Vulnerable (VU)
Lower risk
Near Threatened (NT)
Least Concern (LC)
Lower Risk (LR)
Conservation Dependent (LR/cd)
Not fully assessed
Data Deficient (DD)
Not Evaluated (NE)
Species
Lists
Extinct
Extinct in the Wild
Critically Endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Near Threatened
Least Concern
Data Deficient
WP categories
Extinct
Extinct in the Wild
Critically Endangered
Endangered
Vulnerable
Near Threatened
Least Concern
Data Deficient
CITES
Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
By taxa
Endangered arthropods / spiders / Decline in insect populations