1 College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, UK, 2 Centre for African Conservation Ecology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 3 Department of Animal and Wildlife Sciences, Centre for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 4 Endangered Wildlife Trust, Johannesburg, South Africa, 5 Panthera, New York, NY, USA, 6 Depart...

STUART H. M. BUTCHART,∗ H. RESIT AKCAKAYA,‡ ELIZABETH KENNEDY,§ AND CRAIG HILTON-TAYLOR∗∗ ∗BirdLife International, Wellbrook Court, Girton Road, Cambridge, CB3 0NA, United Kingdom, email [email protected] ‡Applied Biomathematics, 100 North Country Road, Setauket, New York 11733, U.S.A. §Conservation International, 1919 M Street, NW Street 600, Washington, D.C. 20036, U.S.A. ∗∗IUCN Sp...

In a recent paper in Current Biology, Fennessy and colleagues [1] conclude that there are four species of giraffe and that their numbers are declining in Africa. Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are presently classified as one species, with nine subspecies, which are considered 'Vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List [2]. The present consensus of one species divided into nine subspecies has previous...

Eremospatha dransfieldii is a robust rattan palm, climbing up to 40 m in length. It is only known to occur in the south-western region of Ghana, south-eastern part of Côte d'Ivoire and in Sierra Leone. The species' Area of Occupancy (AOO) is restricted to just 40 km2. This species is confined to moist-evergreen forests with high rainfall. It is known to be facing habitat loss and over-harvestin...

Next year is International Year of Biodiversity but the latest report last month from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) marks a grim introduction to the year with growing numbers of species under threat. The Red List of Endangered Species is the world's most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of plant and animal species with much infor...

GeoCAT is an open source, browser based tool that performs rapid geospatial analysis to ease the process of Red Listing taxa. Developed to utilise spatially referenced primary occurrence data, the analysis focuses on two aspects of the geographic range of a taxon: the extent of occurrence (EOO) and the area of occupancy (AOO). These metrics form part of the IUCN Red List categories and criteria...

Begonia menchunaensis P.Gyeltshen & M.Hughes is described from the cool broadleaved forest of Punakha District in Bhutan. It assigned to sect. Diploclinium because it has a tuberous habit and bifid placentae, allied B. picta. Based on its restricted distribution, assessed as Critically Endangered under IUCN Red List Categories Criteria. picta, rex, roxburghii xanthina are reported new recor...

Two species of tortoises are naturally presented in the territory of Bulgaria – Testudo graeca (Spurthighed tortoise) and Testudo hermanni (Spurtailed tortoise)(Pic1). Both are endangered species, included in the Red List of (IUCN-2003). –Testudo graeca is in Vulnerable category and Testudo hermanni in Low risk category. The species are also included in the Bern Convention, ratified from Bulgar...