How to recognize animals who are included in the Red List

How to recognize animals who are included in the Red List

Because of natural factors and human activity a number of animal species and plants is put on an extinction side. Their complete list contains in the Red List which is regularly updated.

Instruction

1. Find printing version of the Red List. As the list is regularly updated - some types are deleted from it and others are brought - it is necessary to be verified with the freshest we publish. The first Red List was published in 1963, and new editions are issued practical annually. Also consider that there are separate Red Lists for the different countries and even areas. For example, the separate Red Lists are published for the Samara, Smolensk regions and also South Ural. In such regional books types, the danger to which exists not on all planet, and in the concrete area, can get to disappearing. Editions of the Red List can be bought shops and also to study in city libraries. Similar literature is usually posted in the sections devoted to biology or ecology, however this edition can cost rather much.

2. Study the electronic version of the Red List. Its various the edition are posted on the websites devoted to biology and environmental problems. But in this case you risk to be pushed with outdated or incomplete information - because of copyright laws the latest editions of the Red List often are absent on Internet resources.

3. Use official pages of the Red List on the Internet. Each similar regional edition has them practically. Usually on them it is impossible to find the full text version of the book, but it is possible to study the general list of animals. Also you will be able to obtain information to what degree the look risks extinction - allocate the groups of animals which remained only in bondage, being in extreme and moderate danger.

4. If you found any animal in the Red List, consider that it is under special protection of the state. On it hunting is forbidden, individuals cannot be caught and transported abroad.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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