Basic resources for assessment work
There are some basic documents that will be useful in the course of assessment work. These are summarized below, and you can download the individual documents by clicking on the corresponding link:
For Amphibian RLA work
1. Introduction to the Amphibian RLA version 1.0
Introduction to Amphibian RLA 1.0.pdf
For assessment and review/evaluation of assessments
1. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria version 3.1
redlistcatsenglish.pdf
2.Guidelines for using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria version 9
RedListGuidelinesv9.pdf
3. Summary of criteria for threatened species
2001CatsCrit_Summary_EN_revised.pdf
4. Standards and consistency checks for Red List assessments version 1.1
RL_Standards_Consistency_1_1.pdf
5. Useful questions to guide the assessment process
General questions for amphibian assessments.pdf
6. Definitions for congregatory and dispersive species
02_Migratory Nomadic & Congregatory definitions Feb08.doc
In addition, there is a very useful resource for mapping species distributions, the Species Mapping Tools for the IUCN Red List:
http://speciesmapping.pbworks.com/FrontPage)
For IUCN's Species Information Service (SIS) system
1. Crash intro to SIS version 1.0
Crash Intro to SIS version 1.0.pdf
2.Instructions for using SIS offline (only to be used in those instances where internet connection is slow or not available)
SIS offline instructions.pdf
For searching and using the Red List website
1. A user's guide to the IUCN Red List website version 1.0
redlist_website_users_guide.pdf
Shapefiles for biogeographic realms:
realms.dbf
realms.shp
realms.shx
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