Overview

• Union minister of state Kirti Vardhan Singh unveiled the National Red List Roadmap at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi on October 9.
• The programme covers roughly 7,000 plant species and 4,000 animal species, using IUCN criteria to produce a national database of species assessments.
• BSI and ZSI will partner with IUCN India, the Centre for Species Survival: India–WTI, and the IUCN SSC network to standardise methods and oversight.
• The plan budgets ₹95 crore, with about ₹80 crore through BSI/ZSI programmes and ₹15 crore to be mobilised by IUCN India and CSS for training, travel, workshops and external capacity building.
• Key outcomes include National Red Data Books by 2030, a user‑friendly online database, and a trained cadre of about 300 certified Red List assessors with additional national‑level trainers.