Threatened Species Policy (OI1618)

This metric is intended to provide detailed information on the threatened species policy in place but does not provide an evaluation of the success with which the policy is implemented.

Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants, fungi, etc.) which are endangered species or likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. The term threatened is an umbrella term for a group of categories that captures various levels of threat to the species ranging from vulnerable species to endangered species, to critically endangered species. Organizations should refer to the glossary for more details on what is classified as a threatened species.

In addition to describing policies to protect threatened species, organizations are encouraged to footnote details on the threatened species that reside in terrestrial and/or aquatic habitats affected by the organization's operations based on risk categories (e.g. vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered) as developed by recognized authorities, such as IUCN (www.iucn.org), CITES (www.cites.org) or others. If reported, organizations should use the common name of each species included. Organizations can compare and verify their categorizations against the lists of the authority they reference.

Organizations are encouraged to report this metric in conjunction with Conservation Priority Characteristics (PD9009) and Biodiversity Assessment (OI5929).