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International Union for Conservation of Nature: Quick Facts

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Also Known As IUCN • World Conservation Union • International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Date October 1948 - present
Areas Of Involvement conservation • environmentalism • endangered species • threatened species
Related People M.S. Swaminathan • Sir Peter Markham Scott

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International Union for Conservation of Nature headquarters
A flowchart illustrating the IUCN Red List categories for species conservation status, from not evaluated and least concern to extinct, with a red arrow showing increasing risk of extinction from left to right.
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