Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:29am on 12 Oct 2025,Sunday India
India launched the National Red List Assessment initiative to fulfill commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity and Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh unveiled Vision 2025-2030, aiming to assess extinction risks of 11,000 species, including 7,000 flora and 4,000 fauna across diverse ecosystems. Announced at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, the framework, prepared by Zoological and Botanical Survey of India with IUCN-India, will establish a nationally coordinated red-listing system. India, among 17 megadiverse countries, harbors 8% of global flora and 7.5% fauna despite occupying only 2.4% of world's land. The initiative targets publishing National Red Data Books by 2030 for evidence-based conservation planning. (PC: X)
