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STD 12 - 13. biodiversity and conservation — Biology STD 12 Science — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBiologySTD 12 - 13. biodiversity and conservation1 Mark
MCQ
Which organization publishes the ‘Red Data Book’ ?
  • ✓
    $IUCN$
  • B
    $UNEP$
  • C
    $WWF$
  • D
    $GEF$
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Answer

Correct option: A.
$IUCN$
a
(a) : $IUCN$ is International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources which is now called World Conservation Union $(WCU)$. It has its headquarters at Morges, Switzerland. It maintains a red data book or red list which is a catalogue of taxa facing risk of extinction. Red data book or red list was initiated in $1963$. The Red list of year $2000$ has made assessment of $18,000$ species.

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