Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucana
The IUCN Red List evaluates species’ extinction risk based on quantitative data about population size, distribution, and changes over time. Species are assigned to nine categories representing their conservation status. Using the case of the Pewen tree (Monkey Puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana) reclas...
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| description | The IUCN Red List evaluates species’ extinction risk based on quantitative data about population size, distribution, and changes over time. Species are assigned to nine categories representing their conservation status. Using the case of the Pewen tree (Monkey Puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana) reclassification in Chile from Vulnerable to Endangered, I analyse the reactions and negotiations among scientists, government officials, and Indigenous Pewenche people. Through interviews and a review of documents, I describe the discussions and negotiations before and during the reclassification, showing how different meanings of species endangerment affected the process. This research demonstrates that extinction risk categories are not a condition unveiled by data but are negotiated through estimations, assumptions, opinions, and consensus. Furthermore, actors beyond scientists and evaluators can dispute the meaning of a conservation status. Extinction risk lists are not just tools for measuring wild species’ conditions but are complex processes affected by political and cultural issues.
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| spelling | doaj-art-847fca8c2f894fab94438b4a9fc740062025-08-20T02:57:20ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsConservation & Society0972-49230975-31332025-04-01232637310.4103/cs.cs_70_24Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucanaRobert PetitpasThe IUCN Red List evaluates species’ extinction risk based on quantitative data about population size, distribution, and changes over time. Species are assigned to nine categories representing their conservation status. Using the case of the Pewen tree (Monkey Puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana) reclassification in Chile from Vulnerable to Endangered, I analyse the reactions and negotiations among scientists, government officials, and Indigenous Pewenche people. Through interviews and a review of documents, I describe the discussions and negotiations before and during the reclassification, showing how different meanings of species endangerment affected the process. This research demonstrates that extinction risk categories are not a condition unveiled by data but are negotiated through estimations, assumptions, opinions, and consensus. Furthermore, actors beyond scientists and evaluators can dispute the meaning of a conservation status. Extinction risk lists are not just tools for measuring wild species’ conditions but are complex processes affected by political and cultural issues. Abstract in Spanish: rb.gy/wqghf1https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/cs.cs_70_24araucaria araucanaconservation politicsextinction risk assessmentiucn red listpewenspecies reclassification |
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| title | Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucana |
| title_full | Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucana |
| title_fullStr | Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucana |
| title_short | Politics of National Red List Classifications: Challenging the Reclassification of Araucaria araucana |
| title_sort | politics of national red list classifications challenging the reclassification of araucaria araucana |
| topic | araucaria araucana conservation politics extinction risk assessment iucn red list pewen species reclassification |
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