In 2014 IUCN adopted the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria as the global standard for assessing the status of ecosystems. Such decision was taken after a 2008 resolution from IUCN Members that stated the following: ACKNOWLEDGING the successful and widespread application of the IUCN RLE Categories and Criteria at the national, regional and global level; APPRECIATING efforts carried out by the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management for the development of indicators of ecosystem