The State Minister of the Union Kirti Vardhan Singh leads the Indian delegation at the World Congress IUCN World Consination in Abu Dhabi and launches the Indian National List Plan on October 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: x/@EnvironmentPIB
India is ready to perform the first assessment of nearly 11,000 species of plants and animals and assess how vulnerable they are for extinction. While India already lists endangered animals in various “schedule”, this proposed exercise – called the National Red List Indian Flora and Fauna, and is expected to continue by 2030 – according to the exercise officials, it will provide the most accurate assessment of the threats facing measures.
The methodology adopted for this exercise will be the fact that the International Union for preserving nature (IUCN) of the Red List, which is currently a global standard and lists species around the world based on the threats of extinction they face.
‘The vision of the initiative is to create a coordinated red listing system based on a scientific record that precisely reflects the state of preservation of Indian species. The aim of the project is to publish a national red data book on flora and fauna by 2030, which by 2030 will create a central source to plan and endanger which motivation forming on the basis of drinks based on prime rating. Prime on a prime for a prime bonneous for a firm review to take care of the prime to take care of the premium review, the prime prime, the prime prime to express their prisons on the basis of the assessment Preservation.
“To fulfill our obligations according to the Convention for Biodiversity (CBD) and Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF), India has launched a National Red List initiative, in accordance with Global IUCN standards,” Kirti Vardhan, Minister of State for the Environment. “This initiative will set up a national coordinated system with a red red-line, a tool for accurate assessment, planning and policy development.”
Mr. Singh led the Indian delegation at the World Congress IUCN World in Abu Dhabi.
Botanical survey of India (BSI) and zoological survey of India (ZSI) – in cooperation with IUCN India will be the center for survival of species: India – Wildlife Trust of India (CSS: India – WTI) and IUCN Commission (SSC) in India, involved in evaluation efforts.
Strict system
The worldwide red list of iUCN endangered species provides scientifically a strict system to assess the risk of extinction of species. Since 2025, IUCN has assessed 1,69,420 species with plans for assessing another 94,000 species and reassessed 1,42,000 species by 2030.
The project will be completely financed by public funds, Pratyush Mahapatra, scientist, he said Hindu. With an estimated 95 CRORE 95 GBP, CRORE 80 GBP will contribute BSI and ZSi, with the remaining CRORE 15 GBP – earmarked for training, travel, workshops, expert consultations and building external capacity – mobilized by IUCN India and CSS: India – WTI.
The Living Planet report (2024) emphasizes a critical decline in global biodiversity, which shows a 73% decrease in the average population size of 5,495 vertebrate species between 1970 and 2020, while the types of fresh water experience the most serious decrease in 85%. More than 40% of plant species now face extinction due to ongoing destruction of habitats. The current type of extinction is estimated to be 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural background, which emphasizes an unprecedented measure of the loss of biodiversity powered by human activity.
Published – October 9, 2025 9:23
