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Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides
taxonomic, conservation status, and distribution information on taxa.
It seeks to determine the relative risk of extinction. The main
purpose the IUCN Red List is to catalogue and highlight those taxa
that are facing the highest risk of global extinction.
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International Endangered Species
This site lists species endangered in countries around the world. It
also gives information on policy, organizations, laws, and programs
regarding internationally threatened and endangered species projects
and resources outside of the United States.
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World Conservation Union (IUCN)
The World Conservation Union is a global framework of 78
states, 112 government agencies, 735 NGOs, 35 affiliates, and some
10,000 scientists and experts from 181 countries. Its mission is to
influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to
conserve the integrity and diversity of nature and to ensure that any
use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable.
Its Web site provides news, programmes, and research publications on
species and ecosystems around the world.
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