Biodiversity and its Conservation Question 10
10. Which organization publishes the Red Data Book?
[NEET Kar. 2013]
(a) GEF
(b) IUCN
(c) UNEP
(d) WWF
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Answer : b
Hints & Solutions
(b) IUCN or WCN maintains a red data book which is a catalogue of threatened plants and animals facing risk of extinction. The IUCN red list (2004) documents the extinction of 784 species (including 338 vertebrates, 359 invertebrates and 87 plants) in the last 500 years.
