Animals and plants of the Red Data Book of Russia: under threat of extinction

Mankind has long thought about the needconservation of nature. The first step towards caring for her was the signing of an international document on the protection of birds in the early 20th century in Paris. After this event, the Union for Nature Protection became operational. In the middle of the century the first International Red Book was published.

The Red Book of Russia

In the Russian Federation, the Red Book is notjust a list of endangered species. It is a document with data on plants and animals that need protection. Taxa - groups in the classification - have their own category of rarity. Animals and plants of the Red Data Book of Russia receive one of six codes of disappearance: recoverable and recoverable (Code 5 in the Red Data Book), indefinite by status (code 4), rare (Code 3), declining in numbers (Code 2), endangered (code 1), probably missing (code 0).

Probably extinct animals and plants

Daily on the planet hundreds dierepresentatives of fauna and flora, many of them - through the fault of man. Animals and plants of the Red Data Book of Russia - a list of not only rare taxa, but also those that completely disappeared from the face of the country.

The Caucasian bison, first mentioned in the 17th century, began to drastically reduce its population in the early 20th century, during the wars.

It was not possible to save the species from extinction - by the timethe creation of the Caucasian reserve there were about ten of them. A similar history of extinction occurred with the Tarpan, the ancestor of Przewalski's horse. This species inhabited the Russian forest-steppe, where, with the development of livestock in the early 20th century, livestock was infringed.

In Russia, probably 69 species are considered to have disappearedanimals and 76 plant species. These are the animals and plants of the Red Book of Russia, photos and pictures of which remain the only reminder of their existence.

Unusual beauty and possession of medicinal properties contributed to the destruction of lily curly-haired people.

The cattail Volga, which grew only in the Volga region, disappeared from the face of the planet because of construction work.

Disappearing plants and animals

The factors leading to the disappearance of variousspecies of plants and animals, are associated, mainly, with human activities. This is fishing and poaching, violation or destruction of places of spread of plants and animals, pollution of territories, competition with livestock, human interference in natural food chains.

Endangered animals andplants of the Red Book of Russia, whose names are familiar to many. The Amur tiger, the walrus and the polar bear are the famous "Red Books". The limiting factor in their numbers is poaching. A flower growing only on the territory of Russia is a dolomite bell. Because of the growth in the areas of development of the tourism industry - in the Caucasus - the flower has become a vanishing species.

Some animals and plants of the Red BookRussia is found in the conservation lists of other countries. The albatross, the largest seabird of Russia, is protected by two countries - Russia and Japan.

View began to disappear due to poaching(highly prized albatross), due to volcanic activity in the nesting areas (Kuril Islands). A snow leopard is protected by a number of states, mainly Russia and China. The number of irbis is rapidly decreasing due to poaching.

They managed to save

Red books allow you to actively work in theconservation of rare taxa. For the restoration of populations, nurseries, reserves, gene banks are being created. Such animals and plants of the Red Data Book of Russia as beavers, Far Eastern walruses, northern sea otters, gray whales, nut-bearing lotuses are preserved. Fruitful is the work to restore the number of polar bears and reindeer.