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IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: The Global Standard for Assessing Risks to Ecosystems
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Duration

2 weeks

Total fee

2,205

Mode of learning

Online

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Credential

Certificate

IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: The Global Standard for Assessing Risks to Ecosystems
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  • Duration 2 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
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IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: The Global Standard for Assessing Risks to Ecosystems
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  • Nature is under threat around the world. Understanding where ecosystems are at greatest risk allows us to act to sustain species and ecosystems.
  • The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Ecosystems is a rigorous standardised assessment method that supports decision making while generating strategies for policy and management practice.
  • The Red List of Ecosystems is the global standard for ecosystem risk assessment, used by governments, NGOs, scientists and practitioners to sustain biodiversity worldwide.

IUCN Red List of Ecosystems: The Global Standard for Assessing Risks to Ecosystems
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FutureLearn 
Curriculum

Introducing the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems

Introduction and overview

The IUCN Red Lists

Scientific foundations and purpose

Overview of an ecosystem assessment

Wrapping up the week

Applying the Red List of Ecosystems

Welcome back

Criteria and categories

Case study: the Victorian Mountain Ash Forest, Australia

Case study: Tidal flats of the Yellow Sea, East Asia

Data and tools

Conclusions and where next

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