South African National Biodiversity Assessment Species Checklist 2025

South Africa's National Biodiversity Assessment provides a consolidated checklist of species statuses. It reports on extinction risk using the IUCN Red List categories and the Species Protection Level indicator, updated for the 2025 assessment. The dataset is categorized by assessment date, realm, and endemism to South Africa.

Use Cases

• Assess extinction risk trends based on IUCN Red List categories.
• Evaluate conservation effectiveness using the Species Protection Level indicator.
• Analyze biodiversity status by realm and endemism categories.
• Support national biodiversity reporting and policy development based on standardized indicators.

Strengths

• Uses the internationally recognized IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.
• Includes the complementary Species Protection Level indicator updated for 2025.
• Provides categorization by realm and endemism.
• Released under a CC-BY-4.0 license for open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 568.4 KB, indicating a summary-level scope.

Provenance

Source

South African National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA).

Collection Method

Standardized indicators and assessments reported for the NBA.

Time Range

Assessments up to 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-04 11:27:42.

Geography

South Africa.