Use of wild species

Data source provider

Species Use Database

Use cases

Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Product development, Scenario analysis, Stress testing

Data group

Biodiversity and forestry indicators

Metric Type

Footprint

Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference

Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Unit (e.g. CO2)

tonnes and/or number of individual specimens

Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)

By Species

Time horizon

Backward-looking

Link

https://speciesusedatabase.com/

Frequency

Not Available

Time series

Upon Update

Accessibility

Public

Observation on data availability/gaps

No data on the quantity of wild species extracted from natural habitats for commercial purposes. Data on species use available through 'explore record'. It can be filtered by region, geographic location, practice of use, purpose(s) of end use, ecological sustainability, near threatened, broad taxonomic group and record sources.