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Thesaurus

Using the thesaurus you can view Nature Conservation Designations and their descriptions. You can also view a list of species Scientific and Common Names as well as cross-reference them.

Species Names
Nature Conservation Designations

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Nature Conservation Designations

Nature conservation designations and their descriptions are listed in the table below.

Designations listed alphabetically 1 to 5 of 105
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Designation Description
Berne Convention Appendix 1Special protection (`appropriate and necessary legislative and administrative measures`) for the plant taxa listed, including prohibition of deliberate picking, collecting, cutting, uprooting and, as appropriate, possession or sale.
Berne Convention Appendix 2Special protection (`appropriate and necessary legislative and administrative measures`) for the animal taxa listed, including: all forms of deliberate capture and keeping and deliberate killing; the deliberate damage to or destruction of breeding or resting sites; the deliberate disturbance of wild fauna, particularly during the period of breeding, rearing and hibernation, insofar as disturbance would be significant in relation to the objectives of this Convention; the deliberate destruction or taking of eggs from the wild or keeping these eggs even if empty; the possession of and internal trade in these animals, alive or dead, including stuffed animals and any readily recognisable part or derivative thereof, where this would contribute to the effectiveness of the provisions of this article.
Berne Convention Appendix 3Exploitation of listed animal taxa to be subject to regulation, including: closed seasons and/or other procedures regulating the exploitation; the temporary or local prohibition of exploitation, as appropriate, in order to restore satisfactory population levels; the regulation as appropriate of sale, keeping for sale, transport for sale or offering for sale of live and dead wild anima
Biodiversity Lists - Long ListLong list of key species from the 1995 Steering Group Report. Inclusive of all species on Middle and Short lists. No longer in use.
Biodiversity Lists - Middle ListMiddle list of globally threatened/declining species from the 1995 Steering Group Report, for which action plans or species statements have been prepared since 1995. A subset of the Long list, and inclusive of all species on Short list. No longer in use.

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