The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand.[1]
The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had some shortcomings for the unique requirements of conservation ranking in New Zealand. As of 2011,[update] plants, animals, and fungi are evaluated, though the lattermost has yet to be published.[2] Algae were assessed in 2005 but not reassessed since.[2] Other protists have not been evaluated.[2]
- ^ Molloy, Janice; Bell, B.; Clout, M.; de Lange, P.; Gibbs, G.; Given, D.; Norton, D.; Smith, N.; Stephens, T. (2002). "Classifying species according to threat of extinction. A system for New Zealand" (PDF). Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ a b c Hitchmough, Rod (June 2013). Summary of changes to the conservation status of taxa in the 2008–11 New Zealand Threat Classification System listing cycle (PDF). Wellington, NZ: Publishing Team, Department of Conservation. ISBN 9780478149869. ISSN 2324-1713. Retrieved 2 February 2018.