ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
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The Nature Conservancy
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The Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES)
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. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN)
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Detailed explanation-1: -Established in 1964, the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species.
Detailed explanation-2: -The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Red List Index (RLI) shows trends in overall extinction risk for species, and is used by governments to track their progress towards targets for reducing biodiversity loss.
Detailed explanation-4: -IUCN is the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. Its experts are organised into six Commissions dedicated to species survival, environmental law, protected areas, social and economic policy, ecosystem management, and education and communication.
Detailed explanation-5: -In 1964, IUCN established the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, which has since evolved into the world’s most comprehensive data source on global extinction risk.