Sponsor Area

Biodiversity And Conservation

Question
CBSEENBI12001420

What are the uses of IUCN Red list categories.

Solution
The uses of the Red lists categories are :

(i) developing awareness about the importance of threatened biodiversity ;

(ii) identification and documentation of endangered species ;

(iii) providing a global index of the decline of biodiversity ;

(iv) defining conservation priorities at the local level and guiding conservation action.