Ecosystem description and assessment

Ecosystem accounts provided in this section consist of two components, an ecosystem description and a detailed summary of the application of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystem criteria. The ecosystem description follows the standard format suggested by the IUCN. Ecosystem descriptions are an essential component of IUCN Red List of Ecosystems assessments and serve the purpose of clearly defining each assessment unit. This allows repeated application of the categories and criteria to a single defined unit and supports red listing and cross-walking at the global scale. The associated assessment section provides the details the Red List assessments, including the data sources, methods of analysis, evidence statements and key references.

Table 3.1: Components of ecosystem description
Component Description
Authors Authors of the description and the assessment.
Myanmar ecosystem names Alternative names of the ecosystem.
Biome Biome membership according to the global ecosystem typology.
Functional group Functional group membership according to the global ecosystem typology.
Global classification Classification code according to the global ecosystem typology.
Description General overview of the principal components and dynamics of the ecosystem. Includes a photograph of the ecosystem.
Distribution Short written description and range map of the spatial distribution of the ecosystem.
Characteristic native biota Identifies the defining biotic features of the ecosystem, including diagnostic native taxa, functional components of the characteristic biota.
Abiotic environment Identifies the defining abiotic features of the ecosystem, including descriptions of the characteristic states or summary of values of the key abiotic variables.
Key processes and interactions Describes the key ecosystem drivers and interactions among biota and the abiotic environment.
Major threats Short summary of the major threats and impacts to the ecosystem.
Ecosystem collapse definition Short description of the collapsed state of the ecosystem and any associated thresholds.
Assessment summary Short summary of the red list of ecosystems assessment.
Assessment outcome Short format assessed status of the ecosystem.
IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria Version of the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems criteria used in the assessment.
Year published Publication year.
Date assessed The date the ecosystem assessment was completed.
Assessment credits Names the authors, reviewers and contributors to the assessment.
Assessment summary Short summary of the red list of ecosystems assessment.
Criterion A Description of data, analysis and methods used to assess the criterion and the status outcome.
Criterion B Description of data, analysis and methods used to assess the criterion and the status outcome.
Criterion C Description of data, analysis and methods used to assess the criterion and the status outcome.
Criterion D Description of data, analysis and methods used to assess the criterion and the status outcome.
Criterion E Description of data, analysis and methods used to assess the criterion and the status outcome.

Summary of assessment outcomes

# Ecosystem A B C D E Overall
1 Agroecosistema Arrocero NE LC NE NE NE LC
2 Agroecosistema Cafetero NE LC NE NE NE LC
3 Agroecosistema Cañero NE LC NE NE NE LC
4 Agroecosistema de Cultivos Permanentes NE LC NE NE NE LC
5 Agroecosistema de Cultivos Transitorios NE LC NE NE NE LC
6 Agroecosistema de Mosaico de Cultivos y Espacios Naturales NE LC NE NE NE LC
7 Agroecosistema de Mosaico de Cultivos y Pastos NE LC NE NE NE LC
8 Agroecosistema de Mosaico de Cultivos, Pastos y Espacios Naturales NE LC NE NE NE LC
9 Agroecosistema de Mosaico de Pastos y Espacios Naturales NE LC NE NE NE LC
10 Agroecosistema Forestal NE LC NE NE NE LC
11 Agroecosistema Ganadero NE LC NE NE NE LC
12 Agroecosistema Palmero NE LC NE NE NE LC
13 Agroecosistema Papero NE VU NE NE NE VU
14 Agroecosistema Platanero y Bananero NE VU NE NE NE VU
15 Arbustal Andino Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
16 Arbustal Basal Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
17 Arbustal Inundable Andino NE VU NE NE NE VU
18 Arbustal Inundable Basal NE LC NE NE NE LC
19 Arbustal Inundable Costero NE LC NE NE NE LC
20 Arbustal Inundable Subandino NE CR NE NE NE CR
21 Arbustal Subandino Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
22 Bosque Andino Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
23 Bosque Andino Seco NE VU NE NE NE VU
24 Bosque Basal Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
25 Bosque Basal Seco NE LC NE NE NE LC
26 Bosque de Galeria Basal Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
27 Bosque de Galeria Basal Seco NE LC NE NE NE LC
28 Bosque de Galeria Inundable Basal NE LC NE NE NE LC
29 Bosque de Galeria Inundable Costero NE EN NE NE NE EN
30 Bosque Fragmentado con Pastos y Cultivos NE LC NE NE NE LC
31 Bosque Fragmentado con Vegetacion Secundaria NE LC NE NE NE LC
32 Bosque Inundable Andino NE VU NE NE NE VU
33 Bosque Inundable Basal NE LC NE NE NE LC
34 Bosque Inundable Costero NE LC NE NE NE LC
35 Bosque Inundable Subandino NE VU NE NE NE VU
36 Bosque Ripario Inundable Subandino NE VU NE NE NE VU
37 Bosque Subandino Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
38 Bosque Subandino Seco NE LC NE NE NE LC
39 Complejos Rocosos Andinos NE LC NE NE NE LC
40 Complejos Rocosos de Serranias NE LC NE NE NE LC
41 Coralino Continental NE VU NE NE NE VU
42 Coralino Oceanico NE LC NE NE NE LC
43 Cuerpo de Agua Artificial NE LC NE NE NE LC
44 Desierto NE EN NE NE NE EN
45 Fondos Blandos NE CR NE NE NE CR
46 Fondos Blandos con Vegetacion No Vascular NE VU NE NE NE VU
47 Fondos Duros con Vegetacion No Vascular NE CR NE NE NE CR
48 Fondos Duros No Coralinos NE EN NE NE NE EN
49 Glaciares y Nivales NE VU NE NE NE VU
50 Herbazal Andino Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
51 Herbazal Basal Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
52 Herbazal Inundable Andino NE EN NE NE NE EN
53 Herbazal Inundable Basal NE LC NE NE NE LC
54 Herbazal Inundable Costero NE LC NE NE NE LC
55 Herbazal Inundable Subandino NE CR NE NE NE CR
56 Herbazal Subandino Humedo NE LC NE NE NE LC
57 Laguna Aluvial NE LC NE NE NE LC
58 Laguna Costera NE LC NE NE NE LC
59 Laguna Glacial NE VU NE NE NE VU
60 Laguna Tectonica NE VU NE NE NE VU
61 Llanura Mareal NE VU NE NE NE VU
62 Manglar NE LC NE NE NE LC
63 Paramo NE LC NE NE NE LC
64 Playas Costeras NE LC NE NE NE LC
65 Pradera de Pastos Marinos NE LC NE NE NE LC
66 Rio de Aguas Blancas NE LC NE NE NE LC
67 Rio de Aguas Claras NE LC NE NE NE LC
68 Rio de Aguas Negras NE LC NE NE NE LC
69 Sabana Estacional NE LC NE NE NE LC
70 Sabana Inundable NE LC NE NE NE LC
71 Subxerofitia Andina NE LC NE NE NE LC
72 Subxerofitia Basal NE LC NE NE NE LC
73 Subxerofitia Subandina NE LC NE NE NE LC
74 Territorio Artificializado NE LC NE NE NE LC
75 Transicional Transformado NE LC NE NE NE LC
76 Transicional Transformado Costero NE LC NE NE NE LC
77 Turbera Andina NE EN NE NE NE EN
78 Turbera de Paramo NE LC NE NE NE LC
79 Vegetación Secundaria NE LC NE NE NE LC
80 Xerofitia Arida NE LC NE NE NE LC
81 Xerofitia Desertica NE EN NE NE NE EN
82 Zona Pantanosa Andina NE VU NE NE NE VU
83 Zona Pantanosa Basal NE LC NE NE NE LC
84 Zona Pantanosa Subandina NE EN NE NE NE EN
85 Zonas Arenosas Naturales NE LC NE NE NE LC
86 Zonas Pantanosas Costeras NE LC NE NE NE LC
87 Zonas Pantanosas Salinas NE EN NE NE NE EN

Each criterion shows the most threatened category among its sub-criteria. Overall is the assessment outcome when one has been recorded, otherwise the most threatened of criteria A–E. Criterion B1 and B2 reflect the EOO and AOO spatial thresholds only.

ImportantHow to customize the Ecosystem description page
  • To modify the introductory text or the components table, edit the content/3_ecosystem_description.qmd file.
  • The summary of assessment outcomes table is built from config/ecosystems/*/ecosystem.yaml. Edit the criteria_status and assessment_outcome fields there to update it.
  • To fill in the computed Criterion B1/B2 categories, run pixi run build-criterion-b and commit the updated configs.

To hide these instructions on all pages, set show-instructions: false in the _quarto.yml file.