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Red Data Book

The Red Data Book is a public document maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that records endangered and rare species around the world. It originated in Russia in the 1960s to monitor vulnerable species and implement protections. The Red Data Book provides information on threatened species through color-coded risk categories and details on population trends, extinction risks, and protective measures needed. While an important resource, it does not include all species and some of its data is incomplete or outdated.

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Red Data Book

The Red Data Book is a public document maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that records endangered and rare species around the world. It originated in Russia in the 1960s to monitor vulnerable species and implement protections. The Red Data Book provides information on threatened species through color-coded risk categories and details on population trends, extinction risks, and protective measures needed. While an important resource, it does not include all species and some of its data is incomplete or outdated.

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What is Red Data Book?

 The Red Data Book is a public document which is created for recording endangered and
rare species of plants, animals, fungi as well as some local subspecies which are present
in a particular region.
 The Red Data Book helps us in providing complete information for research, studies and
also for monitoring the programs on rare and endangered species and their habits.
 This book is mainly created to identify and protect those species which are on the verge
of extinction.

Brief History of the Red Data Book


 The name of this book has its origins from Russia; it was originally known as the Red
Data Book of the Russian Federation or the RDBRF.
 The book was based on research conducted between 1961 and 1964 by biologists in
Russia. Hence, it is also called as the Russian Red Data Book.
 Currently, the International Union for Conservation of Nature maintains the Red Data
Book.
 IUCN is the world’s most detailed inventory Centre of the global conservation status of
biological species.
 The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was founded in 1964
with an aim to maintain a complete record of every species that ever lived.
 The Red Data Book contains the complete list of threatened species. The main aim
behind this documentation is to provide complete information for research and analysis of
different species.
 The Red Data Book contains color-coded information sheets, which are arranged
according to the extinction risk of many species and subspecies.

 Black represents species which are confirmed to be extinct.


 Red represents species that are endangered
 Amber for those species whose status is considered to be vulnerable
 White is assigned for species that are rare
 Green for species that were formerly endangered, but their numbers have started to
recover
 Grey colored for the species that are classified as vulnerable, endangered, or rare but
sufficient information is not available to be properly classified.
In a nutshell, the Red Data Book indexes species as:

 Threatened
 Not threatened
 Unknown
 Furthermore, The Red Data Book also has information as to why a species has become
extinct along with the population trends and the extent of its range (distribution).

Advantages of the Red Data Book

 It helps in identifying all plants, animals, birds and other species about their conservation
status.
 It is used to evaluate the population of a particular species.
 The data available in this book can be used to evaluate the taxa at the global level.
 With the help of this book, we can estimate the risk of taxa becoming globally extinct.
 Provides a framework or guidelines for implementing protective measures for endangered
species.

Disadvantages of the Red Data Book

 The information available in the Red Data Book is incomplete. Many species, both
extinct and extant are not updated in this book.
 The source of the book’s data has been speculated and has been hindered in controversy.
 This book maintains the complete record of all animals, plants, other species but it has no
information about the microbes.

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