Baseline risk of biodiversity loss

Determining baseline risk of loss from public sources

The baseline risk of biodiversity loss can be extrapolated from public data at the level of the ecosystem (i.e., IUCN Red List ecosystem with a threat level of Critically Endangered) or it can be gathered from the list of threatened species native to the region (i.e., UICN Red List of Threatened Species native to the ecosystem). Habitat loss data such as deforestation rates for the zone from Global Forest Watch (www.globalforestwatch.org/map) can be provided as supporting material.