The updated IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Guidelines provides enhanced global standards for ecosystem risk assessment
View all posts about RLE MethodologyMore than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050, first global assessment finds
More than half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse.
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More than half of all mangrove ecosystems at risk of collapse by 2050, first global assessment finds
More than half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse.
View all posts about Risk AssessmentsTen years ago, the IUCN made a historic decision: the formal adoption of the Red List of Ecosystems as a global standard.
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THE RED LIST OF ECOSYSTEMS
What is the RLE?
IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems (RLE) is a global standard for assessing risks to ecosystems. It allows us to identify common symptoms (both spatial and functional) to understand the level of risk that an ecosystem is facing.
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+Why the RLE?
The RLE is a scientifically robust, transparent, evidence-based support tool that helps us understand ecosystem dynamics, as well as which ecosystems are healthy, and which are at risk of collapse in the near future and why.
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+Complementary Resources
RLE Database
Compiles information from ecosystem risk assessments from around the world that follow the IUCN RLE Categories and Criteria.
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+IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology
The first-ever comprehensive classification framework for Earth’s ecosystems that integrates their functional and compositional features.
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