Lower risk
The ICUN defines an animal with the conservation status of lower risk is one with populations levels high enough to ensure its survival.[1] Animals with this status do not qualify as being threatened or extinct, however, natural disasters or certain human activities would cause them to change to either of these classifications.[2]
This classification is sub-divided into three types:
- Conservation dependent - where cessation of current conservation measures may result in it being classified at a higher risk level.
- Near threatened - may become vulnerable to endangerment in the near future but not meeting the criteria.
- Least concern - where neither of the two above apply.
References
- "lower risk species (IUCN)". www.eionet.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- "What are the differences between endangered, threatened, imperiled, and at-risk species? | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Archived from the original on 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
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