Direct Threats Classification (v2.0) (2016)
There is no one "right" classification system for threats, but Direct Threats Classification (v2.0) (Version 2.0 en français) has developed an agreed system that optimizes the following criteria:
Simple - Uses clear langu...
IUCN – CMP Direct Threats Classification Version 4.0
Effective conservation requires a shared language to identify and assess threats to ecosystems and species. Since 2008, the IUCN Species Survival Commission and Conservation Measures Partnership have maintained a unified Threat...
Standardized Classification of Threats to Biodiversity: Definitions for Quebec’s Conservation Data Centre (CDC) v1.0 (2021)
Collaboratively developed by partners from Quebec, Canada and beyond, this resource builds off of CMP’s threats classification to provide a more detailed, third-level classification, and will provide several benefits :…
Direct Threats Classification (V1.0)
Click here for Direct Threats Classification (v2.0) Following is Direct Threats (V1.0) How Do We Define “Direct Threats“? Direct threats are the proximate human activities or processes that have caused,…
Threats and Actions Classifications (2016)
A key foundation of any science is a common nomenclature that practitioners can use to describe—in a mutually intelligible way—the problems they are facing and the solutions they are using. For example, if a conservation pr...
Third Place (Tie) Case Study Competition 2020: Conservation and Adaptive Management Strategies for Chile’s National System of Protected Areas (SNASPE)
In Chile, the Conservation Standards were used to evaluate protected areas (PAs) across an entire country.
Chile manages its PAs through its National System of Protected Areas (SNASPE). In 2015, in order to improve the SNASP...
Full-cycle Adaptive Management in Australia’s Arid Rangelands (~2006)
Boolcoomatta is a conservation reserve that has been managed by Bush Heritage Australia for 10 years, during which time the management plan has cycled through three major adaptations based on analysis of implementation and resu...
Classification of Key Ecological Attributes and Stresses of Biodiversity (Schick et al, 2019)
This paper provides a comprehensive hierarchy of key ecological attributes and stresses to match the IUCN standard threats classification.
This classification may help with describing and understanding both the natural and t...
Climate-Smart Conservation Practice (2020)
This guidance is intended to support practitioners undertaking conservation planning in the face of the uncertainties created by climate change. It builds on the already widely used Conservation Measures Partnership’s Conserv...
Climate-Smart Conservation Standards Webinars (2018)
This series of 4 webinar recordings by Marcia Brown (FOS) and John Morrison (WWF) provides an overview of the Climate-Smart Open Standards. Another good base resource is the National Wildlife Federation's Climate-Smart Conser...
