Globally Threatened Indian Fauna Status, Issues and Prospects

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. IUCN redlist system. 3. The Redlist index. 4. what is redlist? 5. Uses of redlist. 6. Users of redlist. 7. Aims of the IUCN Redlist categories and criteria. 8. How is the Redlist compiled? 9. The IUCN Redlist categories. 10. The IUCN criteria for critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable. 11. Major threats to biodiversity. 12. Extraction of Redlist species (IUCN , 2004). 13. Conservation assessment and management plan (CAMP). 14. Protection of Indian Redlist fauna. 15. Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. 16. International trade in species of wild flora and fauna (CITES). 17. Convention of migratory species of wild animals (CMS). 18. Globally threatened Indian fauna. 19. A look at the global trends. Acknowledgements. References.