India Unveils National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025–2030

On 9th October 2025, India unveiled its National Red List Roadmap and Vision 2025–2030 at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, marking a major step in establishing a comprehensive framework for species assessment and conservation.

Key Points

Objective: The National Red List Roadmap aims to create a science-based framework for assessing and conserving India’s flora and fauna through 2030.
Government Collaboration: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change is working with IUCN, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), and Botanical Survey of India (BSI) to develop the Red List, aligning it with IUCN global standards.
Significance: The roadmap reinforces India’s commitment to biodiversity documentation, threat assessment, and evidence-based conservation planning for both terrestrial and marine species.
Vision 2025–2030: Prepared by ZSI and BSI in collaboration with IUCN and the Centre for Species Survival, the document outlines a nationally coordinated system to assess and monitor India’s biological diversity.
Legal Framework: The initiative builds on India’s Wild Life Protection Act (1972, amended in 2022), which extends protection to species listed under CITES appendices.