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The International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. [3] Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.
Website. www .iucnredlist .org. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species. [1] A series of Regional Red Lists, which assess the risk of ...
Categories. Category Ia – strict nature reserve. Category Ib – wilderness area. Category II – national park. Category III – natural monument or feature. Category IV – habitat or species management area. Category V – protected landscape or seascape. Category VI – protected area with sustainable use of natural resources.
Lists of IUCN Red List critically endangered species. Version 2014.2 of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4574 Critically Endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and subpopulations. For IUCN lists of critically endangered species by kingdom, see:
The IUCN Red List of Ecosystems ( RLE) is a global framework for monitoring and documenting the status of ecosystems. It was developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature for biodiversity risk assessment. Its main objectives are to support conservation, resource use, and management decisions by evaluating all the world's ...
Lists of IUCN Red List endangered species. On 29 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 5220 (2754 animals, 1 fungus, 2464 plant, 1 protist) endangered species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations.
On 12 March 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 3829 (2657 Animalia, 1172 Plantae) near threatened species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations. For IUCN lists of near threatened species by kingdom, see:
IUCN Red List endangered species (Animalia) The Andean mountain cat is an endangered species. On 19 August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 4584 endangered species, subspecies, stocks and subpopulations.