IUCN Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National levels: version 4.0 Released

Recently, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), "the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization," released its, Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National levels: version 4.0 (2013). The 46-page publication is available here, as a downloadable pdf. According to the abstract,

[o]ver the last decade there has been growing interest in countries using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria for national Red List assessments. In response to this interest, IUCN developed guidelines on how to apply the IUCN Red List Criteria appropriately for sub-global level assessments. Since the first version of the Guidelines for Application of the IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels was published in 2003, these guidelines have been reviewed and the presentation of the guidelines has been made clearer.