Appendix 1: Key Biodiversity Components Matrix (KBCM) and Habitat Hectares Score, December 2008 Iteration 73
BBOP Pilot Project Case Study – Ambatovy Project
required and acknowledges the possibility that future research will show that threatened classification is
appropriate. It is important to make positive use of whatever data are available. In many cases great care
should be exercised in choosing between DD and a threatened status. If the range of a taxon is suspected to
be relatively circumscribed, and a considerable period of time has elapsed since the last record of the taxon,
threatened status may well be justified.
NOT EVALUATED (NE)
A taxon is Not Evaluated when it is has not yet been evaluated against the criteria.
