noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun
near-threatened (species)
Conservation status category used by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment, equivalent to IUCN Near Threatened (NT). Often used attributively with の.
That bird is listed as near-threatened on the Ministry of the Environment's Red List.
Conservation efforts are underway for near-threatened species.
絶滅危惧 means 'endangered' (a higher threat level), while 準絶滅危惧 is 'near-threatened', a lower risk category.
Compound of 準 (jun, 'quasi-', 'semi-'), 絶滅 (zetsumetsu, 'extinction'), and 危惧 (kigu, 'fear', 'apprehension'). The term was coined for conservation status classification.