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Oragnisation responsible for maintaining Red Data Book is

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IUCN

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WWF

C

CITES

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IBWL

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IUCN is International Union of Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, which is now called world conservation Union (WCU). It has its headquarters at Morges, Switzerland. It maintains a Red Data Book or Red List which is a catalogue of taxa facing risk of extinction.
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