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least concern
[ leest kuhn-surn ]
adjective
- (of a plant or animal species) assessed to be thriving, with a distribution or population status that is neither threatened nor near threatened, as categorized by the IUCN Red List: : LC
Among the least concern birds on our favorite watches are the sandhill cranes and the pied-billed grebes.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of least concern1
Example Sentences
The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers the species to be of 鈥渓east concern.鈥
Today, the whales have recovered to the point that they are considered a species of 鈥渓east concern鈥 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, though the organization considers the western population of the whales that lives off Asia to be endangered.
Right now, the International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the green anaconda as a species of least concern when it comes to extinction risk鈥攂ut this classification is based, in part, on how widely distributed a species is.
"In the 21st Century people shouldn't be worried about food. That should be the least concern," she added.
The study also highlights steep declines among raptors that are currently classified as being of 'least concern' in the global Red List of threatened species.
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