Talk:New Zealand Threat Classification System

Latest comment: 3 years ago by Giantflightlessbirds in topic Template needed

Template needed

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A range of diagrams for the differing conservation status levels exists at commons:Category:NZTCS Category diagrams. A template using these should be made and added to all species listed in the New Zealand Threat Classification System lists. A BIG job! Any such template should not override the IUCN Red List conservation status template. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 06:05, 3 May 2008 (UTC)Reply

There is a template, @Alan Liefting:. It is in the taxobox/speciesbox template system: Wikipedia:Conservation status#New Zealand: NZTCS. However, it seems out of date. But then again, so is this article. Current evaluations are here. Nessie (talk) 16:07, 2 February 2018 (UTC)Reply
There are now diagrams for both the original (2002) and revised (2008) TCS categories at commons:Category:NZTCS Category diagrams (Alan, I corrected the misprint in your link above). The template has also been updated but the categories DD and NT are not currently working. —Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 07:44, 4 September 2021 (UTC)Reply
At Risk categories
2002 Categories Description 2008 Categories
  Range Restricted (RR): small population only found in a particular habitat or area. Now a qualifier, not a NZTCS category
  Sparse (SP); rare and localised. Now a qualifier, not a NZTCS category
  Gradual Decline (GD): a moderate to large population with a small to moderate rate of decline. No longer a NZTCS category
  Serious Decline (SD): a moderate to large population with moderate to large predicted decline. No longer a NZTCS category
Naturally Uncommon (NU): naturally occurring as small or widely-scattered populations.  
Relict (REL): occupying less than 10% of their former range, but stable or increasing.  
Recovering (R): previously declining, but now showing an ongoing or predicted increase.  
Declining (D): buffered by a large population or a slow decline rate, but may become Threatened in the future.  
Threatened categories
2002 Categories Description 2008 Categories
  Nationally Vulnerable (VU): a small or localised population facing gradual decline.  
  Nationally Endangered (NE): a small to moderate population declining at a moderate to high rate.  
  Nationally Critical (NC): a very small (less than 250 individuals) or very localised population, or one rapidly declining, or both.  
Other categories
2002 Categories Description 2008 Categories
  Not Threatened (NT): an assessed native NZ species that does not qualify as At Risk or Threatened.  
  Data Deficient (DD): insufficient information is available to make as assessment on conservation status.  
  Extinct (EX): there is no reasonable doubt that no individuals exist. For these lists only species that have become extinct since 1840 are listed.