The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides taxonomic,
conservation status and distribution information on plants and animals
that have been globally evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. This system is designed to determine the relative risk of extinction,
and the main purpose of the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight
those plants and animals that are facing a higher risk of global
extinction. The IUCN Red List also includes information on plants and animals that are categorized as Extinct or Extinct in the Wild; on taxa that cannot be evaluated because of insufficient information;
and on plants and animals that are either close to meeting the
threatened thresholds or that would be threatened were it not for an
ongoing taxon-specific conservation programme.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Labels:
biology,
botany,
environmental science,
marine biology,
zoology
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