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A Regional Red List may be created by any country or region by following the clear, repeatable protocol. The process is as follows:
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All information relevant to a species conservation status is collected, including
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Species distribution
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Population trend information
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Habitat, ecology and life history information
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Threats to the species
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Conservation measures currently in place
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An assessment of extinction risk is made, using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria and the IUCN Regional Guidelines.
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A regional workshop is held in which local experts review the assessments, make any corrections necessary and add any additional information.
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The assessments are then collated into a Regional Red List document.
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A Summary Conservation Action Plan may also be created, detailing recommended conservation measures for each threatened species.
Case study: Mongolia
Mongolian mammal populations have been experiencing declines after the past several decades of rapid social and economic change. In order to develop a better understanding of the conservation status of these species and to identify the required conservation measures, a Red List of Mongolian mammals was created. The assessments were carried out by over 70 of the world’s leading experts on Mongolian mammals at the 3-day Mongolian Biodiversity Databank workshop in Oct-Nov 2005. Of the 128 native species that were assessed:
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Category
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Percentage
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Regionally Extinct (RE)
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1%
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Critically Endangered (CR)
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2%
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Endangered (EN)
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11%
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Vulnerable (VU)
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3%
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Near Threatened (NT)
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6%
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Least Concern (LC)
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40%
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Data Deficient (DD)
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37%
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Figure 1. Percentage of Mongolian mammal species threatened by taxonomic group.
It was found that certain taxonomic groups were disproportionately threatened (Figure 1). For example, 78% of Mongolian ungulate species (Artiodactyla and Perissiodactyla) were categorised as threatened, while only 12% of carnivores and 12 % of rodents were found to be threatened (Clark et al. 2006a). These threatened species were concentrated in two regions; in the north, corresponding to the area of highest species richness, and in the southwest around the Dzungarian Govi and TransAltaiGoviDeserts (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Distribution of threatened mammals in Mongolia. Darker red represents areas with a greater number of threatened mammal species.
References:
Clark
, E.L., Munkhbat, J., Dulamtseren, S., Baillie, J.E.M., Batsaikhan, N., Samiya, R. and Stubbe, M. (compilers and editors) (2006a) Mongolian Red List of Mammals. Regional Red List Series Vol. 1. Zoological Society of London, London. (In English and Mongolian).
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