Question

Name of endangered plant species are published
a. Yellow Data Book
b. Red Data Book
c. Endangered Species Book
d. Green Data Book

Answer 1

Hint: An endangered species is that species which is going extinct in the near future. These species are going extinct due to some factors such as habitat loss, poaching, invasive of other species, loss of environmental requirements and human activities.

Complete answer:
To protect the species from any kind of factors the group of scientists or International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched a red list of the global conservation status of many species, which are going to disappear and become extinct. On the behalf of this list many nations release rules to protect species of our earth.

Red Book: This is a document which was launched for the general public; this document contains records of endangered and rare species of a particular region or area. This book provides us all the information about the research data, studies and monitoring programs for rare and endangered species and their habitats. The initial reason to create this book was to identify and just protect those species which are on the verge of extinction.

This book contains some color coded information’s sheets; this sheet is arranged according to the extinction risk of species and subspecies. Let’s look at how color sheets work.
- Red Sheet contains all the information about the endangered species.
- Black Sheets contain all the information about the species which are confirmed to be extinct.
- White Sheets contain information of those species which are rare.
- Green Sheet is arranged for those species which are formally endangered but now starting to recover.
- Grey Sheet represents species that are classified as vulnerable, endangered or rare but sufficient information is not available to be properly classified.
- Amber sheets for those are considered as vulnerable.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: Red data book in India contains the conversational status of animals and plants which are endemic to India and its neighboring countries. ZSI (Zoological Survey of India) and BSI (Botanical Survey of India) maintain Red Data Book under the guideline of Ministry of Environmental, Forest and Climate Change