NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Vulnerable, Endangered and Critically Endangered species are considered to be threatened with extinction.

Detailed explanation-2: -A taxon is Vulnerable (VU) when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Vulnerable, and it is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Detailed explanation-3: -International Union for Conservation of Nature treats threatened species not as a single category, but as a group of three categories: vulnerable, endangered, and critically endangered, depending on the degree to which they are threatened.

Detailed explanation-4: -Near Threatened (NT), a designation applied to species that are close to becoming threatened or may meet the criteria for threatened status in the near future. Least Concern (LC), a category containing species that are pervasive and abundant after careful assessment.

Detailed explanation-5: -The bad news, however, is that biodiversity is declining. Currently, there are more than 150, 300 species on The IUCN Red List, with more than 42, 100 species threatened with extinction, including 41% of amphibians, 37% of sharks and rays, 36% of reef building corals, 34% of conifers, 27% of mammals and 13% of birds.