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The Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (RDBRF) is a basic state document established for listing rare and endangered species of wild animals, plants, and fungi, as well as some subspecies and separate populations. The book is of great importance for organizing investigations and monitoring programs on such species and their habitats, for developing and implementation of special measures to their protection and rehabilitation. Legislative base for the RDBRF is provided by the Law of the Russian Federation “About protection of natural environment” of December 19, 1991, and by the Law of the Russian Federation “About animal world” of May 5, 1995.

The RDBRF enumerates rare and endangered species of animals, plants and fungi which inhabit in the wild the territory of the Russian Federation, its continental shelf and marine economic zone and need for state legal acts under jurisdiction of Russian Government, Ministry of Natural Resources and other governmental bodies.

The species listed in the RDBRF must to be listed in the regional red data books of the Russian Federation subjects.

Animals, plants and fungi listed in the IUCN-The World Conservation Union list of endangered species and inhabiting constantly or temporarily Russian territory, continental shelf and marine economic zone of Russia may be included to the RDBRF if this is necessary due to their number or status in Russia. The same is true for species protected by international conventions.

Categories of rarity for animal taxa included into the RDBRF:

Category		Meaning
Index	Title	Meaning
0	Probably extinct	Taxa and populations that inhabited Russian territory (or marine area) in the past and whose presence has been not confirmed recent 50 years.
1	Endangered	Taxa and populations whose abundance has decreased down to critical level so that they can become extinct in the nearest future.
2	Decreasing number	Taxa and populations whose number is constantly decreasing. If the negative factors reducing the populations continue the taxa can be moved to the Category 1 in the nearest future.
3	Rare	Taxa and populations with low number of individuals inhabiting limited territory (marine area) or sporadically distributed over extensive territory (marine area).
4	Uncertain status	Taxa and populations which apparently belong to one of the above categories but there are considerable gaps in knowledge on them or they do not exactly meet the criteria for the other categories.
5	Rehabilitated and rehabilitating	Taxa and populations whose number and distribution is recovered or recovering due to undertaken protective measures. They are close to the state of stable existence without any urgent measures on protection and rehabilitation.

Information source:

Iliashenko, V.Yu. and E.I. Iliashenko. 2000. Krasnaya kniga Rossii: pravovye akty [Red Data Book of Russia: legislative acts]. State committee of the Russian Federation for Environmental Protection. Moscow. 143 pp. In Russian

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