Prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species inferred from the IUCN Red List
S. M. E. Marsh, M. Hoffmann, N. D. Burgess, T. M. Brooks, D. W. S. Challender, P. J. Cremona, C. Hilton-Taylor, F. Lafaye de Micheaux, G. Lichtenstein, D. Roe, M. Bohm
The paper analyzes IUCN Red List data to assess the prevalence of sustainable and unsustainable use of wild species across 30,923 species, finding that 40% are used, with 25% of threatened species at risk due to intentional use.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2020Ecology