India’s National Red List Roadmap
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: DD News
Context: At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Union MoS for Environment launched India’s National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025–2030.
About India’s National Red List Roadmap:
What It Is?
• A national initiative to create an integrated Red List assessment system for identifying, classifying, and conserving India’s threatened species — aligned with IUCN global standards.
Organisation involved:
• Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Botanical Survey of India (BSI), in collaboration with IUCN-India and the Centre for Species Survival (CSS), India.
• To establish a nationally coordinated, inclusive, and science-based red-listing system for accurate species assessment, evidence-based conservation planning, and informed policymaking.
• To fulfil India’s commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).
Key Features:
• Comprehensive multi-taxa coverage: First-of-its-kind national effort assessing both flora and fauna, including terrestrial and marine biodiversity.
• Publication of National Red Data Books for flora and fauna by 2030.
• Integration of traditional knowledge for community-driven biodiversity documentation.
• Science-based threat assessment and conservation prioritization using IUCN’s globally accepted methodologies.
• Collaborative structure involving taxonomists, conservation scientists, and policymakers for unified national data.
About Vision 2025–2030 Document:
• What It Is? A strategic vision framework outlining India’s roadmap for biodiversity assessment and conservation for the period 2025–2030, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals and KMGBF targets.
• A strategic vision framework outlining India’s roadmap for biodiversity assessment and conservation for the period 2025–2030, aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals and KMGBF targets.
• Objectives: To create a centralised biodiversity database and promote data-driven conservation decisions. To strengthen species identification and taxonomy through collaboration among experts.
• To create a centralised biodiversity database and promote data-driven conservation decisions.
• To strengthen species identification and taxonomy through collaboration among experts.
• Key Features: Establishes a national coordination network connecting scientific, academic, and local institutions. Promotes baseline data generation for threatened species to guide future Wildlife Action Plans. Encourages use of digital tools and GIS mapping for species monitoring. Emphasizes equity and inclusivity, ensuring representation of local and indigenous communities. Sets a 2030 target for publishing India’s comprehensive Red Data Books and updating threat categories.
• Establishes a national coordination network connecting scientific, academic, and local institutions.
• Promotes baseline data generation for threatened species to guide future Wildlife Action Plans.
• Encourages use of digital tools and GIS mapping for species monitoring.
• Emphasizes equity and inclusivity, ensuring representation of local and indigenous communities.
• Sets a 2030 target for publishing India’s comprehensive Red Data Books and updating threat categories.