This is the first comprehensive assessment of an entire Ecosystem Functional Group using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems protocol.
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A new assessment of European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems yields new definitions and assesses them as Collapsed.
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A new assessment of European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems yields new definitions and assesses them as Collapsed.
View all posts about Risk AssessmentsIUCN has launched an ambitious, first of its kind initiative to assess the risk of collapse of the world’s photic coral reef ecosystems using the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems
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THE RED LIST OF ECOSYSTEMS
What is the RLE?
IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) is a global standard for assessing risks to ecosystems. It allows us to identify common symptoms (both spatial and functional) to understand the level of risk that an ecosystem is facing.
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+Why the RLE?
The RLE is a scientifically robust, transparent, evidence-based support tool that helps us understand ecosystem dynamics, as well as which ecosystems are healthy, and which are at risk of collapse in the near future and why.
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+Complementary Resources
RLE Database
Compiles information from ecosystem risk assessments from around the world that follow the IUCN RLE Categories and Criteria.
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+IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology
The first-ever comprehensive classification framework for Earth’s ecosystems that integrates their functional and compositional features.
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+IUCN RLE / Social media
A conceptual model is a diagram of key ecosystem processes and threats, and it is an essential step for every ecosystem type as part of the #RLEassessment
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