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Official Swedish Red Lists

Here you will find information on the red-listed species in Sweden. The Red Lists and other books concerning bidiversity are also available as printed books.

Search for red-listed species in Sweden and their fact sheets In the Red Lists every species is described with Red List Category and their occurrence in different administrative provinces. The lists are the latest official Red Lists. The information on the occurence is updated regularly and might therefore differ from the printed Red Lists.

It is also possible to read about the Red Listed species in special fact-sheets.

Go to the search page (In Swedish).

Definition of the Red List Categories

These are the categories use in the present 2005 Red List of the Swedish Species. (Based on the IUCN Red List criteria).

Red List Categories (2000)

RE
Regionally Extinct
A species is Regionally Extinct when there is no reaso-nable doubt that the last individual potentially capable of reproduction within the country (region) has died or disappeared from the country (region).

CR
Critically Endangered
A species is Critically Endangered when it is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild in the immediate future, as defined by any of the criteria A to E for that category.

EN
Endangered
A species is Endangered when it is not Critically Endangeredbut yet facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future, as defined by any of the criteria A to E for that category.

VU
Vulnerable
A species is Vulnerable when it is not Critically Endangeredor Endangered but yet facing a high risk of extinction in the wild in the medium-term future, as defined by any of the criteria A to D for that category.

NT
Near Threatened
A species is Near Threatened when it does not satisfy the criteria of any of the categories Critically Endangered, Endangeredor Vulnerable, but is close to qualifying for Vulnerable.

DD
Data Deficient
A species is assigned to Data Deficient when there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status. According to the guidelines adopted for this Red List no species should, however, be placed in this category unless there is some indication that it may be threatened or even regionally extinct.


Map of Sweden

General maps of Sweden, showing a) administrive provinces and b) traditional/floristic provinces.

M Skåne län
K Blekinge län
I Gotlands län
Öland län
Hf Kalmar (fastl.) län
G Kronobergs län
F Jönköpings län
N Hallands län
O Västra Götalands län
E Östergötlands län
D Södermanlands län
AB Stockholms län
C Uppsala län
U Västmanlands län
T Örebro län
S Värmlands län
W Kopparbergs län
X Gävleborgs län
Y Västernorrlands län
Z Jämtlands län
AC Västerbottens län
BD Norrbottens län


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