Correct Answer - Option 2 : IUCN
The correct answer is IUCN.
- “Red Data Book” is published by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
- The Red Data Book contains the complete list of threatened species.
- The objectives of maintaining the Red Data Book, as provided by the IUCN (1996) are given as follows-
- To provide scientifically-based information on the status of species and subspecies at a global level
- To draw attention to the magnitude and importance of threatened biodiversity
- To influence national and international policy and decision-making
- To provide information to guide actions to conserve biological diversity
- The IUCN Red List is a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity.
- It provides information about a range, population size, habitat and ecology, use and/or trade, threats, and conservation actions that will help inform necessary conservation decisions.
- The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction.
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It divides species into nine categories:
- Not Evaluated,
- Data Deficient,
- Least Concern,
- Near Threatened, Vulnerable,
- Endangered,
- Critically Endangered,
- Extinct in the Wild and
- Extinct.
- IUCN Headquarters:- Gland, Switzerland
- CEO:- Bruno Oberle