To prioritize their efforts, conservation programs such as the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) often rely on species-level …show more content…
First, it provides tangible numerical information about many diverse categories of organisms and their populations over time. This standardized quantitative information can be collected across many diverse species and ecosystems and can be made widely accessible to conservation biologists and municipal bodies. Additionally, this approach provides information about the abundance and distribution of species across the globe, allowing conservation programs to prioritize those ecosystems and species that are most in jeopardy of extinction (Textbook pg.