IUCN Green Status of Species

Why in news?

• Recently, a new conservation tool was launched by IUCN – ‘green status of species’ - to provide a richer picture of a species’ conservation status by detailing how close it is to recovering its original population size and health.

About IUCN Green Status of Species:

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provide information and analyses on the status, trends and threats to species in order to inform and catalyse action for biodiversity conservation
• IUCN Green Status of Species aims to complement the IUCN Red List by providing a tool for assessing the recovery of species’ populations and measuring their conservation success.
• Green Status species includes:
  • Pink pigeon (Mauritius), Sumatran rhino, Burrowing bettong (Australia) etc.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

The term ‘Green Status of Species’, recently seen in news, is associated with:

(a) United Nations Environment Programme

(b) World Wide Fund for Nature

(c) International Union for Conservation of Nature

(d) Conservation International

                 C

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