Endangerment of fauna species

Dátum poslednej aktualizácie:20.12.2021

Definícia indikátora

Endangerment of species represents proportion of species classified within categories of endangerment by IUCN (CR, EN a VU) to total number of known species. Situation with individual endangered fauna species in Slovakia has been compiled based on the recently published red list from 2001 (BALÁŽ, MARHOLD, URBAN A KOL. 2001). In 2005, red lists of molluscs and Orthoptera were updated, in 2008 fishes and in 2013 birds also.
 

Jednotka indikátora

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Metadáta

Methodology:

Selection and methodology of indicator’s assessment is based on the set of indicators proposed by the OECD and addressed by the report: "Green Growth: Monitoring progress towards green growth“. Data relating to the national situation are usually presented in the period between 2000 and 2012. Basic time sequence is changed in those cases when the data are not accessible or when their comparison is not possible due to differing approaches in their collection, assessment, changes in methodology, classification, etc.  Summary assessment of indicator’s trend from the green growth perspective is based on a subjective evaluation of the responsible assessor due to the fact that the strategy is not officially implemented in the Slovak Republic and therefore specific objectives have not been defined.  Naturally, this assessment builds on the analysis of the past trends, as well as their anticipated direction in view of the measures adopted as to date.
Selected indicators characterize Slovakia's initial position as seen from the perspective of the green growth and were to be used as a measuring tool before further steps are taken in the process of implementation of this strategy and for a complex assessment of the future trend of the Slovak economy.  Present set of green growth indicators comprises 32 individual indicators that are relevant in Slovakia's conditions. Four of them are national indicators that describe voluntary instruments of the environmental strategy.

 

Data sources:

Data used in this document come from the official national or international sources and databases. Assessed trend was reviewed and discussed with the state administration specialists (individual departments of the ministries of Environment, Economy, Labour and Social Affairs and Family, Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development) and their professional organisations (Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute, State Geological Institute of Dionýz Štúr, Slovak Environmnet Agency, State Nature Consservancy, Institute for Financial Policy) and also the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic whose databases furnish most of the information.

 

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Kľúčové zistenia

As to date, more than 28 thousand animal species have been documented in Slovakia with their level of endangerment becoming more and more significant. In case of all animals, the critical requirement is to ensure protection of their habitats – sufficiently large and preserved territories where the animals can live on their own and reproduce.
In the 90-ties, red lists that were valid at that time contained 466 endangered species of invertebrates and 153 species of vertebrates.

Red lists that are effective today were published in 2001 (only red lists of molluscs and Orthoptera were updated later in 2005, while red lists of fishes were updated in 2008 and birds in 2013). According to these lists, 1 636 species of invertebrates (6.6 %) and 100 species of vertebrates (24.2 %) are endangered. The most threatened are cockroaches (44.4 %), Ephemers (34.2 %), Odonata (33.3 %) and also Mollusca and Aranea (to 30 %); in group of Vertebrates, the most threatened are Lampreys (100 %) and Amphibians with Reptiles (over 40 %). Increased numbers may not mean an increased threat to animals, as they rather point to the fact that the species are better documented and subsequently added to the lists.
 

Sumárne zhodnotenie

Number of vertebrate species – total and threatened

Source: SNC SR
Explanations:
Pisces - including lampreys;
Birds - only nesting (total 211 species of nesting birds were assessed);
Data in % indicates the proportion of threatened species in the total number of species;
Threatened - only species included in IUCN categories CR, EN and VU
IUCN categories: CR - critically endangered taxon, EN - endangered taxon, VU - vulnerable taxon.


Source table

Number of vertebrate species – total and threatened
  Number of SR taxons Threatened Threatened (%)
Pisces 79 12 15.2
Amphibians 18 8 44.4
Reptiles  12 5 41.7
Birds 211 51 24.2
Mammals 90 20 22.2
Source: SNC SR

 

Medzinárodné porovnanie

The OECD Green Growth database contains selected indicators for monitoring progress towards green growth to support policy making and inform the public at large. The database provides a synthesis of data and indicators available across a wide range of domains. The sources of the underlying data used to populate the Green Growth Indicators, as presented here, include a range of OECD databases and, in some cases, external data sources. The database covers OECD member countries, accession countries and selected non-OECD countries (including the BRIICS economies - Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa).


OECD Green Growth Indicators Database
 

Kontakt na spracovateľa

Mgr. Peter Kapusta, SAŽP, peter.kapusta@sazp.sk