Q. Consider the following categories of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: - VU
- EN
- CR
- EW
Which among the following is the correct order of the categories showing increasing threat to the species in these categories?
Answer:
1, 2, 3, 4
Notes: VU stands for vulnerable, EN for endangered, CR for Critically Endangered and EW for Extinct in the Wild. This is the increasing order of threat level, from lower to higher, in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.