conservation status

[ kon-ser-vey-shuhn stey-tuhs, stat-uhs ]

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noun

Biology, Ecology.

the designation of a plant or animal species’ likelihood of becoming extinct or having already become extinct: the most consulted global ranking system for conservation status is the IUCN Red List:
Has the conservation status of the narwhal changed over the past five years?

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Word History and Origins

Origin of conservation status¹

First recorded in 1965–70

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The value we attribute to species has direct implications for how much time and money we allocate to each species and can even impact a species’ designated conservation status.

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Many of the conservation status designation decisions — for example, whether a species is endangered — rely on the information available.

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Three decades after Spain decided to save the lynx, the species is no longer endangered, and Sarmento hopes it'll reach a favourable conservation status by 2035.

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"About a third of crayfish are thought to be threatened or endangered, but for another 20-ish percent, we don't have the data available to even assess what their conservation status should be."

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Unfortunately, so little is known about their conservation status that we couldn't assess their risks.

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conservation of parity conservatism

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