Conservation Designations is a feature on the NBN Atlas species pages, allowing users to quickly identify information on important designations for a species, such as the GB Red List designations.
For the initial release, the conservation designations displayed on the species pages will include:
- GB Red list – based on IUCN (excludes birds)
- Nationally Rare and Scare (excludes birds and includes IUCN red listed taxa)
The species lists used on the NBN Atlas to assign designations to taxa have been derived from the JNCC Conservation Designations master list.
Finding conservation designation information for a species
To view the conservation designations for a species you will need to navigate to the species page for your species of interest, please see the Find basic species information page for guidance.
Once you have navigated to a species page, if the species is assigned a designation/s based on the species lists mentioned above, the designation/s will be displayed in the Conservation Status box (1). The coloured icons (2) indicate the source for the designation, e.g., the nationally rare and scarce list, and the text/link next to the icon (3) shows the designation the species has on that list. To read the metadata and view the complete list used for a designation, click on the designation text/link (3).
