IUCN Red List
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List), founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. It uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of thousands of species and subspecies. These criteria are relevant to all species and all regions of the world. With its strong scientific base, the IUCN Red List is recognized as the most authoritative guide to the status of biological diversity. A series of Regional Red Lists are produced by countries or organizations, which assess the risk of extinction to species within a political management unit.
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See also
- CITES
- Conservation status
- EDGE of Existence Programme
- EDGE Species
- Lists of organisms by population
- Red List Index
- Regional Red List
- Species by IUCN Red List category
- The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (nonfiction book)
- Wildlife conservation
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