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Conservation-dependent species
A conserv ation-dependent species is a species which has been
categorised as "Conserv ation Dependent" ("LR/cd") by the
Conservation status
by IUCN Red List category
International Union for Conserv ation of Nature, i.e. as dependent on
conserv ation efforts to prev ent it from becoming threatened with
extinction. Such species must be the focus of a continuing species-specific
and/or habitat-specific conserv ation programme, the cessation of which
would result in the species qualify ing for one of the threatened categories
within a period of fiv e y ears.

The category is part of the IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria (v ersion 2.3),
which is no longer used in ev aluation of taxa, but persists in the IUCN Red
List for taxa ev aluated prior to 2001, when v ersion 3.1 was first used. Extinct
Using the 2001 (v 3.1) sy stem these taxa are classed as near threatened, Extinct (EX) (list)
but those that hav e not been re-ev aluated remain with the "Conserv ation
Extinct in the Wild (EW) (list)
Dependent" category .
Threatened
As of December 2015, there remains 209 conserv ation-dependent plant
Critically Endangered (CR) (list)
species and 29 conserv ation-dependent animal species.
Endangered (EN) (list)
Examples of conserv ation-dependent species include the black caiman
Vulnerable (VU) (list)
(Melanosuchus niger), the sinarapan, the California ground cricket, and
the flowering plant Garcinia hermonii. Lower Risk
Near Threatened (NT) (list)
Conservation Dependent (CD) (list)
Contents Least Concern (LC)

Conservation-dependent animals
Mollusks Other categories
Arthropods Data Deficient (DD) (list)
Fish
Not Evaluated (NE)
Reptiles
Mammals
Related topics
EPBC Act
International Union for the
See also Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
References IUCN Red List
NatureServe status

Conservation-dependent animals Lists of organisms by population

As of December 2015, the IUCN still lists 29 conserv ation-dependent

animal species, and two conserv ation-dependent subpopulations or
stocks. [1 ]

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Mollusks
Bear paw clam
China clam
Maxima clam
Fluted giant clam

Arthropods
Mono Lake brine shrimp
Attheyella yemanjae
A visualization of the categories in
Canthocamptus campaneri
the no-longer used "IUCN 1994
Metacyclops campestris
Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)",
Murunducaris juneae
with conservation dependent (LR/cd)
Muscocyclops bidenatus highlighted. The category was folded
Muscocyclops therasiae into the "near threatened" category in
California ground cricket the 2001 revision, but some species
Ponticyclops boscoi which have not been re-evaluated
Spaniacris deserticola retain the assessment.
Stenopelmatus nigrocapitatus
Thermocyclops parvus

Fish
Banded mountain zipper loach Black ruby barb
Ceylonese combtail Cherry barb
Ornate paradisefish Pearly rasbora
Sinarapan Side-striped barb
Two spot barb

Reptiles
Black caiman Arrau turtle

Mammals
Subpopulations and stocks

Bowhead whale (1 subpopulation/stock)

Northern blue whale (1 subpopulation/stock)

EPBC Act
In Australia, the Env ironment Protection and Biodiv ersity Conserv ation Act 1999 still uses a "Conserv ation
Dependent" category for classify ing fauna and flora species. Species recognised as "Conserv ation Dependent" do not
receiv e special protection, as they are not considered "matters of national env ironmental significance under the
EPBC Act" (http://www.deh.gov .au/biodiv ersity /threatened/species/index.html).

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The legislation uses categories similar to those of the IUCN 1994 Categories & Criteria. It does not, howev er, hav e a
near threatened category or any other "lower risk" categories.

As of December 2006, only two species hav e receiv ed the status under the act:

Orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus)

Southern bent-wing bat (Miniopterus schreibersii bassanii)
No flora has been giv en the category under the EPBC Act.

See also
Conservation-reliant species
IUCN Red List conservation dependent species, ordered by taxonomic rank.
Category:IUCN Red List conservation dependent species, ordered alphabetically.

References
1. "IUCN Red List version 2015.4" (http://www.iucnredlist.org/). 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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