WILDLIFE CONSERVATION A DESI RED-LIST

India has launched its first comprehensive effort to assess the extinction risk of about 11,000 species of plants and animals, in a move that could redefine national biodiversity planning.

- By Jumana Shah

Announced by Union MoS for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi recently, the National Red List Assessment (NRLA) will evaluate roughly 7,000 flora and 4,000 fauna species to determine their vulnerability. The project, led by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), will run till 2030 with technical support from the Wildlife Institute of In