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Results and statistics by IUCN category


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        Results and statistics by IUCN category

        Summary of the number of tree taxa assessed according to the 1994 IUCN threat categories for inclusion in The World List of Threatened Trees.

        Globally threatened tree taxa

        1994 IUCN Threat Category

        Number of trees

        Extinct

        77

        Extinct in the wild

        18

        Critically Endangered

        976

        Endangered

        1,319

        Vulnerable

        3,609

        Lower Risk: near threatened

        752

        Lower Risk: conservation dependent

        262

        Data Deficient

        375

        Sub Total

        7,388

        Lower Risk: least concern

        1,971

        Not evaluated

        732

        Total number of species reviewed

        10,091

        Globally threatened Australian tree taxa
        Available here as a Word 97 file

        141

        Globally threatened Japanese tree taxa
        Available here as a Word 97 file

        202

        Additional globally threatened taxa - old IUCN threat categories
        Available here as a Word 97 file

        1,022

        Total number of globally threatened tree taxa

        8,753

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Document URL: http:// www.wcmc.org.uk /trees/iucn_stats.htm
Revision date: 26-August-1998
Current date: 27-August-1998

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