NWT 2011-2015 - NWT Species at Risk

4. Data Sources and Methods – How did we rank species?
Species Lists and Information
Updating the Infobase
The NWT Species Monitoring Infobase stores all the
information necessary to rank species. This information
system is available on www.nwtspeciesatrisk.ca. Each
year, the information in the Infobase is updated and new
references are linked to each piece of new information.
Sources of information could be a printed publication,
a database, a web page or a knowledgeable person.
The type of information added to the NWT Species Monitoring
Infobase included adding new species, updating all species
names according to current taxonomic authorities, adding
new baseline information used to assess status rank of species,
updating the list of threats, and for some species updating the
status according to the Committee on the Status of Endangered
Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC; Link to www.cosewic.gc.ca)
and the global conservation status according to NatureServe
(Link to www.natureserve-canada.ca) and the IUCN Red List
(Link to www.iucnredlist.org).
In the coming year, the Infobase will be modified to be able
to keep track of changes in the legal status of species under
the Species At Risk (NWT) Act.
Many knowledgeable people added information from their own
observations, and from their expert opinion. Keeping track of
new scientific knowledge, in addition to adding newly available
local knowledge and traditional knowledge, is contributing
greatly to the information needed to rank species.
An example of a printout from the NWT Species Monitoring
Infobase is provided on the following page. ›
Northern Hawk Owl
Photo Credit: J Brazil
To obtain a CD copy of the
NWT Species Monitoring Infobase,
please contact:
Director
Wildlife Division
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Government of the Northwest Territories
Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
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NWT Species 2011-2015