Generalized Site Identification Methodology
(as of April 9, 2003)

1. Review the IUCN Red List for each country, noting CR and EN species.

2. Determine if each respective CR or EN species is widely distributed or if it is restricted to only a few sites. If a species is widely distributed, it is not a species that will trigger an AZE site.

3. If a species is found in only a few sites, determine if one of those sites holds the overwhelming majority (~ greater than 95%) of the species’ population for at least one life history segment. If a species is overwhelmingly or entirely restricted to one site (see Discreteness criterion for definition of a “site”), it triggers the designation of an AZE site. Species and sites that narrowly miss qualifying are maintained in the Candidate List.

4. All other CR, EN, and VU species should be tallied for the designated site to better evaluate the overall importance of the site to threatened species.

5. Periodically review the Red List to update changes in status.

All IUCN CR and EN species
(updated annually) 

Which of those species are overwhelmingly or entirely 
restricted to one discrete location

What are those locations? These are the AZE sites.
(Also document other globally threatened species 
found in those sites)

If a site almost qualifies (e.g., if 50% of a species' population occurs there) it should be added to the Candidate List

Download AZE Site Data Review Sheet

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