Biodiversity and its Conservation Question 7
7. The organization which publishes the Red List of species is:
(a) ICFRE
(b) IUCN
(c) UNEP
(d) WWF
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Answer : b
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(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.
