Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the National Red List Assessment Project launched in 2025?
1. It aims to publish India's first standalone national Red Data Books by 2030.
2. The project is exclusively coordinated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with no domestic institutional involvement.

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Accepted Answer

1 only — Statement 1 is correct as the initiative targets publishing national Red Data Books by 2030. Statement 2 is incorrect because the project is coordinated domestically by the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) under the MoEFCC, though it uses IUCN criteria.

Launch of National Red List Assessment of Indian Flora and Fauna

Regional Open Digital Health Summit 2025 in New Delhi