India launched its National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025–2030 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025.

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About the National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025–2030

It outlines the comprehensive biodiversity monitoring and conservation project spearheaded by Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.

• Developed by: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and Botanical Survey of India (BSI) in collaboration with IUCN and the Centre for Species Survival.
• Objective: 
  • Establish a science-based, nationally coordinated framework to assess and monitor India’s flora and fauna.
  • Generate reliable data to guide policy decisions, identify endangered species, and direct targeted conservation efforts.
• Scope: Project is a five-year initiative aiming to assess the extinction risk of approximately 11,000 species (7000 species of flora and 4000 species of fauna).
• Key Features
  • Provides baseline data for evidence-based conservation planning through 2030.
  • International alignment: Aligns with IUCN global standards and supports India’s commitments under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
  • Aims to publish National Red Data Books for both flora and fauna by 2030.
• Significance: Strengthens India’s biodiversity governance and conservation framework.
  • Enhances species documentation, threat assessment, and policy integration for protection of both terrestrial and marine biodiversity.
  • Reinforces India’s position as one of the 17 megadiverse countries, hosting nearly 8% of global flora and 7.5% of fauna, home to four global biodiversity hotspots: the Himalayas, Western Ghats, Indo-Burma, and Sundaland.
    • Despite this richness, only 6.33% of Indian plant species and 7.2% of animal species have been assessed for the Global IUCN Red List.
• Global Context: Of the 163,000 species assessed globally under the IUCN Red List, nearly 28% are threatened with extinction, underscoring the urgency of India’s initiative to safeguard biodiversity.

Additional Reading: IUCN Red List

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