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Endangered and critically endangered marine mammal species whose migratory routes are crossed

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the number of Critically Endangered or Endangered marine mammal species whose IUCN-listed migratory routes are crossed by the organisation's ships.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
number of marine mammal species — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Count of distinct marine mammal species meeting the specified IUCN-status and route-crossing criteria
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Nature
Controlled domain
Nature, biodiversity and land
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Marine mammal species whose migratory routes are crossed by ships through the organisation's routing activities

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Disclosure
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    TNFD additional sector guidance, Section 3.3, Table 16, p. 73; State of nature: Species extinction risk; indicator: Marine mammal species extinction risk. | p. 73, Section 3.3, Table 16
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  • Adopting Disclosure

    TNFD sector guidance

    MT.A5.0
    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Version 1.0, June 2025
    Requirement
    Recommended
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    p. 73, Section 3.3, Table 16
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
number of marine mammal species — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use number of marine mammal species under the disclosed TNFD sector-guidance method, reporting period and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Marine mammal species
  • IUCN extinction-risk classification
  • Migratory-route crossing determination

Published dimensions

  • IUCN extinction-risk classification
  • Marine mammal species
  • Ship-routing interaction

Calculation method

Formula information

Status
Specified
Formula type
Count

Formula

M = count of distinct marine mammal species classified by IUCN as Critically Endangered or Endangered whose migratory routes are crossed by the organisation's ships

Apply the source-defined TNFD sector-guidance method within the stated reporting boundary. This is a standalone TNFD additional sector state-of-nature count with a defined population, eligibility criterion and reportable unit. It is narrower than the existing affected-species-by-IUCN-extinction-risk construct because it is specifically limited to marine mammals, qualifying IUCN categories and ship-routing crossings.

Variables

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
MMarine mammal species extinction-risk countNumber of distinct marine mammal species meeting the IUCN-status and ship-routing interaction criteria.number of marine mammal species

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

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Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026

    TNFD additional sector guidance collection

    Publisher
    Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
    Edition
    Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents)
    Locator
    TNFD additional sector guidance, Section 3.3, Table 16, p. 73; State of nature: Species extinction risk; indicator: Marine mammal species extinction risk. | p. 73, Section 3.3, Table 16

    Supports: The official TNFD sector guidance supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Endangered and critically endangered marine mammal species whose migratory routes are crossed”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: TNFD sector guidance, Final English sector guidance collection through August 2026 (17 documents).

  • State the IUCN source, assessment version and date used to identify Critically Endangered and Endangered species.
  • Describe the source and method used to delineate marine mammal migratory routes.
  • Describe the ship-routing data, period and route-crossing test used.
  • State whether the count is of unique species and how duplicate route crossings are treated.

Record-specific limitations

  • The result depends on the IUCN assessment status and version used.
  • The result depends on available delineation of marine mammal migratory routes and the routing data assessed.
  • The metric is limited to species classified as Critically Endangered or Endangered.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.