File:Status 2008 NZTCS.svg
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Summary
Graphic diagram showing the 2008 New Zealand Threat Classification System categories, used by the New Zealand Department of Conservation. These categories replace the 2002 NZTCS.
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Range Restricted (RR): small population only found in a particular habitat or area. | Now a qualifier, not a NZTCS category | Now a qualifier, not a NZTCS category |
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Sparse (SP); rare and localised. | Now a qualifier, not a NZTCS category | Now a qualifier, not a NZTCS category |
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Gradual Decline (GD): a moderate to large population with a small to moderate rate of decline. | No longer a NZTCS category | No longer a NZTCS category |
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Serious Decline (SD): a moderate to large population with moderate to large predicted decline. | No longer a NZTCS category | No longer a NZTCS category |
| — | Naturally Uncommon (NU): naturally occurring as small or widely-scattered populations. | 
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| — | Relict (REL): occupying less than 10% of their former range, but stable or increasing. | 
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| — | Recovering (R): previously declining, but now showing an ongoing or predicted increase. | 
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No longer a NZTCS category; moved to Nationally Increasing |
| — | Declining (D): buffered by a large population or a slow decline rate, but may become Threatened in the future. | 
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| 2002 Categories | Description | 2008 Categories | 2022 Categories |
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| — | Nationally Increasing (NI): previously declining, but now showing an ongoing or predicted increase. | — | |
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Nationally Vulnerable (VU): a small or localised population facing gradual decline. | 
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Nationally Endangered (NE): a small to moderate population declining at a moderate to high rate. | 
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Nationally Critical (NC): a very small (less than 250 individuals) or very localised population, or one rapidly declining, or both. | 
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| 2002 Categories | Description | 2008 Categories | 2022 Categories |
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Not Threatened (NT): an assessed native NZ species that does not qualify as At Risk or Threatened. |
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Data Deficient (DD): insufficient information is available to make as assessment on conservation status. |
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Extinct (EX): there is no reasonable doubt that no individuals exist. For these lists only species that have become extinct since 1840 are listed. | 
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Licensing
Graphics created by: Mike Dickison. (User:Giantflightlessbirds)
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File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 00:41, 22 January 2019 | | 240 × 64 (30 KB) | wikimediacommons>Giantflightlessbirds | Uploading updated (Jan 2008) TCS categories; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Taxobox/Archive_31#Template-protected_edit_request_on_10_March_2018 |
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