Aniba rosaeodora

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	LAURALES	LAURACEAE

Scientific Name:

Aniba rosaeodora

Species Authority:

Ducke

Common Name/s:

French

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Car-cara

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered A1d+2d ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

Varty, N.

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará); Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Populations throughout the species range have seriously declined because of rosewood oil extraction. where there has been exploitation the population is devoid of mature trees and significant signs of regeneration are absent. Trees of all sizes are harvested indiscriminately, the whole tree and its roots being destroyed. The sole producer at present is Brazil, although the species was wiped out through exploitation over large areas in French Guiana between 1910 and 1930. Harvesting is costly and is taking place in more and more remote locations concentrated around Amazon tributaries, principally in Amazonas and Pará states. Mobile distillation factories have also moved deep into the forest and trees. Levels of exploitation have significantly declined with increased use of synthetic oils, the current world market resting at about 100 tonnes pa.

Major Threat(s):

Populations throughout the species range have seriously declined because of rosewood oil extraction. where there has been exploitation the population is devoid of mature trees and significant signs of regeneration are absent. Trees of all sizes are harvested indiscriminately, the whole tree and its roots being destroyed. The sole producer at present is Brazil, although the species was wiped out through exploitation over large areas in French Guiana between 1910 and 1930. Harvesting is costly and is taking place in more and more remote locations concentrated around Amazon tributaries, principally in Amazonas and Pará states. Mobile distillation factories have also moved deep into the forest and trees. Levels of exploitation have significantly declined with increased use of synthetic oils, the current world market resting at about 100 tonnes pa.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Substantial wild stands are believed to exist still in areas which are unlikely to be exploited. Silvicultural studies are being carried out by FCAP with the assistance of UK institutions.

Conservation Actions:

Substantial wild stands are believed to exist still in areas which are unlikely to be exploited. Silvicultural studies are being carried out by FCAP with the assistance of UK institutions.

Citation:	Varty, N. 1998. Aniba rosaeodora. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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