IUCN LIST OF MOST 100 THREATENED SPECIES

IUCN(INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NATURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES) IDENTIFIED  RELEASED A  LIST  OF 100 MOST THREATENED SPECIESN OF THE PLANET WHICH ARE CONSIDERED CLOSEST TO EXTINCTION.
   
    THE LIST COMPILED BY THE SPECIES SURVIVAL COMMISSION (SSC) OF IUCN WAS RELEASED BY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON AT THE WORLD CONSERVATION CONGRESS BEING HELD AT JEJU , SOUTH KOREA FROM SEPTEMBER 6-15 , 2012.

THE LIST INCLUDES GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD, PEACOCK TARANTULA, WHIT E-BELLIED HERON AND SPOON -BILLED SAND PIPER. THE NUMBER OF THESE SPECIES HAS DRASTICALLY COME DOWN AND HENCE THERE IS A NEED TO CONSERVE THEM BI EX-SITU METHODS LIKE CAPTIVE BREEDING AND INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS.THESE SPECIES HAVE A GREAT ECOLOGICAL ROLE AND HENCE NEED TO BE PRESERVED.

GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD

WHITE BELLIED HERON

PEACOCK TARANTULA

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