Guidelines for Application of Iucn Red List Criteria at Regional Levels Version 3.0

The First World Conservation Congress in Montreal in 1996 adopted a resolution calling for the development of coherent guidelines on the application of Red List Categories at regional levels, namely any sub-global area such as continent, country, state or province. This led to the formation of the Regional Application Working Group (RAWG) under the auspices of the SSC Red List Program. Membership of the RAWG included people with technical experience in the development of the IUCN Red List Criteria, as well as those with practical experience of producing Red Lists at regional levels. The working group consulted many different regional and national groups involved in producing Red Lists or Red Data Books and tested the proposed system in many regional and national Red List assessment workshops. The guidelines provide a logical framework for assessing species at sub-global levels; a means of sharing status information with neighbouring countries; and a suggested format for documentation and publication of listings to improve compatibility with the global IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesWorld Conservation Union, Species Survival Commission Staff is the author of 'Guidelines for Application of Iucn Red List Criteria at Regional Levels Version 3.0', published 2004 under ISBN 9782831707389 and ISBN 2831707382.