1. The IUCN Red List

2. What is the IUCN
International Union for the conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
It is an international agency founded 1948
Mission: to influence, encourage, and assist societies throughout the world to conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.

3. The Red List How the IUCN monitors the state of the world’s species
It educates the public, advising governments, and assessing new world heritage sites
It determines the conservation status of a species based on several criteria

4. The Red List
It determines the conservation status of a species based on several criteria
Population size
Degree of specialization
Distribution
Reproductive potential
And behavior
Geographic range
Quality of habitat
Trophic level
Probability of extinction

5. The Red List
Objective lists of species under varying levels of threat to their survival
Data gathered scientifically on a global scale and species under threat are put into one of the Red List categories which assess the relative danger of extinction
Regularly updated and inform government policies on trade in endangered species and conservation measures
The list has 40,000 species and 40% are listed as threatened.

9. Red List Make your own guide to the red list
Color code each level and give three animal examples in each category.
Use the internet for most up to date information

10. Project see pages
Research in detail 3 animals from the red list that are different than the ones you already did.
Currently endangered with level of endangerment
Recovered species (include method of restoring population)
Extinct species
For each animal cover these extensively
Description
Ecological role
Pressures (this is how they became endangered by humans) There is usually a question about how animals became endangered due to humans or how have they recovered.