In 2014 IUCN adopted the IUCN Red List of Ecosystems Categories and Criteria as the global standard for assessing the status of ecosystems. Such decision was taken after a 2008 resolution from IUCN Members that stated the following: ACKNOWLEDGING the successful and widespread application of the IUCN RLE Categories and Criteria at the national, regional and global level; APPRECIATING efforts carried out by the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management for the development of indicators of ecosystem

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List, founded in 1964, has evolved to become the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. Learn more about the categorisation of all the species of the world through this video! #Unacademy #Education | Unacademy