Conservation-dependent species

Extinct
Lower Risk;
Near Threatened (NT); Conservation Dependent (CD); Least Concern (LC);	(list); (list);
	Other categories
Data Deficient (DD); Not Evaluated (NE);	(list; )
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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

endangered

. 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

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.

Examples of conservation-dependent species include the

sinarapan, the California ground cricket, and the flowering plant Garcinia hermonii

.

Conservation-dependent animals

As of September 2022 [update], the IUCN still lists 20 conservation-dependent animal species, and one conservation-dependent subpopulations or stocks.^[1]

Mollusks

Bear paw clam
China clam
Maxima clam
Fluted giant clam

Arthropods

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

Reptiles

Mammals

Subpopulations and stocks

Bowhead whale
(1 subpopulation/stock)

EPBC Act

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.

References

^ "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.

[IUCNDATA-1] "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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Extinct
Lower Risk
Near Threatened (NT) Conservation Dependent (CD) Least Concern (LC)	(list) (list)
Other categories
Data Deficient (DD) Not Evaluated (NE)	(list )
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