D.4. Threatened and protected species

Brief description:

Total numbers of animal and plant species in particular taxonomic groups, the numbers of protected species and the numbers of threatened species (in the context of categories of the national nature conservation significance).

Threatened and protected wildlife animal species included

in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Belarus in 2024

Number of threatened and protected species, number of species

Proportion of threatened and protected species

in the total number of species, percent

Threatened and protected wildlife plant species included
in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Belarus in 2024

Number of threatened and protected species, number of species

Proportion of threatened and protected species
in the total number of species, percent

Methodology:

fauna monitoring is a part of the National Environmental Monitoring System in the Republic of Belarus, which is a system of observations over fauna objects and their habitats as well as assessment and forecast of development and changes under the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors;

flora monitoring is a system of observations over flora objects and their habitats as well as assessment and forecast of development and changes;

fauna and flora monitoring is implemented at the national and regional levels

Data source:

the National Environmental Monitoring System;

the data producers are the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus

Relevance of the indicator:

the indicator provides a measure of the state of biodiversity in terms of the number of threatened species and the effectiveness of national responses, i.e. actions taken to conserve national and global biodiversity