The IUCN Red List categorizes species based on their risk of extinction. Downlisting from Endangered to Vulnerable indicates a reduced, but still significant, risk of extinction based on scientific assessment.
Recently, International Union of concerned scientists down-listed following from the list of endangered to vulnerable species ?
Asked in OPSC CS Prelims 2017 · Topic: Biodiversity (IUCN Red List Categories and Important Species Conservation Initiatives)
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- Extinct, critically endangered and vulnerable are the categories assigned to the species by:
- Which of the following species on earth is known as 'Living fossil' surviving for more than 150 billion years ?
- Which of the following are Indian endangered fauna ?
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) considers a species to be ‘critically endangered’ if the spatial measure (extent of occurrence) is estimated to be less than ______ km².
- Red List of IUCN is known as :
- “Red Data Book” is published by
- The logo of International Organisation – WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) is :
- Which of the following is not true about Giant Panda ?
