Table 2 Categories and definition of threatened levels of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) projects.
From: Intangible cultural heritage threatened-level categories and criteria
Category | Threatened level | Definition |
|---|---|---|
Extinct | Complete Extinct | No inheritors or learners left, only exists in textual records, no possibility for complete reconstruction. |
Functional Extinct | No inheritors left, but comprehensive documentation exists, making reconstruction possible. | |
Threatened | Critically Endangered | In natural conditions, very few inheritors are preserving and showcasing the project, with poor integrity and nearing extinction, meeting the criteria for critically endangered. |
Endangered | Not meeting the criteria for critically endangered, but facing a high probability of extinction in the near future, meeting the criteria for endangered. | |
Vulnerable | Not meeting the criteria for critically endangered or endangered, but facing a higher chance of extinction, meeting the criteria for vulnerable. | |
Near Threatened | Not meeting the criteria for critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable, but in the future, could approach or meet these threat levels. | |
Not threatened | Least Concern | Not meeting the criteria for critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, or near threatened, this project is considered not threatened. |
Other | Data Deficient | An ICH project lacking sufficient data on inheritors and habitat conditions for direct or indirect assessment of its threatened level is considered lacking data. |
Not Evaluated | An project of ICH that has not been assessed using this criteria is listed as not assessed. |
