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UNEP-WCMC continue to work on threatened trees, together with FFI, as part of the Global Tree Campaign. If you would like to annotate information in the Trees Conservation Database, or can provide information relating to threat status of any other species of tree, please email comments to:

species@unep-wcmc.org and GTSG@fauna-flora.org, or print the data collection form below and send it to:

IUCN-SSC Global Tree Specialist Group
Chair: Sara Oldfield, Fauna & Flora International.
Secretary: Paul Mathew, Fauna & Flora International.
Fauna & Flora International -Great Eastern House
Tenison Road
Cambridge CB1 2TT
Tel: +44 (0)1223 571000
Fax:+44(0)1223 461481
GTSG@fauna-flora.org

If there are taxonomic changes to be made please enter the name used in the Tree Conservation Database, stating clearly its current taxonomic status.

Data collection form

Scientific name

 

Scientific name in the Tree Conservation
Database if different. Please state its taxonomic status.

 

Family

 

Distribution at country or state level

 

If the species is confined to a particular area (e.g. a mountain range or district) please give the details

 

IUCN Red List Category

o EX
o LRcd

o EW
o LRnt

o CR
o LRlc

o EN
o DD

o VU
o NE

Criteria (e.g. A1d,e, B1+2c etc)

 

Comment
Please sum up the status of the species. Include any information about the population size or decline, restricted range, ecological or taxonomic uniqueness, characteristics of regeneration or reproductive strategy.

 

Threats: please complete the appropriate boxes below with a number according to order of concern (using 1 as the most serious).

Species-specific threats
o charcoal/fuelwood production
o commercial use as a source of timber
o local use as a source of timber
o commercial use other than timber/fuel
o local use other than timber/fuel
o grazing/damage by feral/exotic animals
o grazing/damage by native animals
o invasive plants
o pests and diseases
o poor dispersal/pollination
o poor regeneration
o seed predation

Habitat-specific threats
o artificial burning
o exacerbated natural burning
o clear-felling/logging of the habitat
o commercial agricultural plantations
o extensive agriculture
o intensive agriculture
o pastoralism/ranching
o dams/flooding
o drainage
o expansion of human settlement
o forestry plantations
o forest/ecosystem management
o industrial development
o infrastructural development
o mining/exploration
o natural disaster
o pollution
o soil erosion
o tourism/leisure activities

Is the species covered in national or other legislation? If so please give the details.

 

Is the species present in a protected area? If so, which?

 

Is the species cultivated in a botanic garden? If so, which?

 

What is the status of the species in cultivation?

o Plantation grown
o Small scale

o Widely cultivated
o None

Is the species subject to any on-going conservation measures? Please give the details

 

Uses: please enter in the columns provided below the appropriate letter and number corresponding to the part used and the level exploitation respectively
Unspecified, Entire plant, SeeDling, Gall, STem, Bark, Leaf, Inflorescence, Fruit, Seed, EXudate, Root
1 Major International trade
2 Minor International trade
3 National or Local trade
4 Local use only

Use

Part

Level

Use

Part

Level

EXAMPLE
Medicine
Timber
Fuel
Food
Food additive
Animal food
Invertebrate food
Bee plant
Vertebrate poison

T,B

2,2

Non-vertebrate poison
Gum, resin, oil etc
Fibre
Gene source
Social use
Environmental use
Ornamental
Other (please specify)

   

Habitat: please tick whichever of the boxes below describe the species natural habitat most appropriately

o Closed forest
o Open forest
o Scrub
o Herbaceous vegetation
o Sparsely vegetated

o Lowland
o Submontane
o Montane
o Alpine

o Broadleaved
o Coniferous
o Mixed

o Cloud forest
o Mangrove
o Swamp forest
o Wetland
o Sclerophyllous
o Anthropic landscape

o Temperate
o Tropical

o Seasonal
o Non-seasonal

o Moist
o Dry

Please define the habitat further if necessary

 

Altitudinal range

Min                              
Max

Light tolerance

o Shade demanding
o Light tolerant

Regeneration guild

o Abundant
o Scattered
o Scarce

Pollination agents

 

Seed dispersers

 

Other species dependencies

 

Relevant references
 
 
 
 

Your name

Date

Your contact details
 
 
 
 


 
 

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Document URL: http://www.unep-wcmc.org /trees/contribute.htm
Revision date: 05 September 2007 | Current date: 12 May 2008

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