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National Red Lists: establishing the foundation for national biodiversity conservation

National Red Lists: establishing the foundation for national biodiversity conservation. Jon Paul Rodríguez IUCN World Conservation Congress, Jeju , Korea 7 September 2012. Seamless integration between global and national/regional red lists. Global context. Especially endemics.

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National Red Lists: establishing the foundation for national biodiversity conservation

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  1. National Red Lists: establishing the foundation for national biodiversity conservation Jon Paul Rodríguez IUCN World Conservation Congress, Jeju, Korea 7 September 2012

  2. Seamless integration between global and national/regional red lists Global context Especially endemics

  3. At least 109 countries have produced red lists for at least one taxonomic group, 70 of them carried out in the last 10 years (solid color). Zamin et al. 2010. Conservation Biology 24: 1012-1020.

  4. Red List Index Venezuela

  5. Paradox of biodiversity:species richness  resource richness

  6. Bird species richness (Avibase 2005)

  7. Per-capita GDP (US$) (WRI 2000)

  8. Authors Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005)

  9. NGOs and Governmental Agencies (IUCN 2004)

  10. Future • Raise profile of NRL in global organizations, such as Convention on Biological Diversity, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). • Strengthen teams of national / regional assessors and establish decentralized network of experts to support development of red lists.

  11. Future • Use technology better to improve access to information and encourage public participation.

  12. WikievA.org.ve: work in progress!

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