Proper noun
IUCN
Initialism of International Union for Conservation of Nature.
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization; “Given our poor knowledge about the Greenland shark, it has not yet been possible to assess this species for the IUCN Red List. Source: Internet
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 784 extinctions have been recorded since the year 1500, the arbitrary date selected to define "recent" extinctions, up to the year 2004; with many more likely to have gone unnoticed. Source: Internet
According to the IUCN, 6,555 national parks worldwide met its criteria in 2006. Source: Internet
Conservation status While the brown bear's range has shrunk and it has faced local extinctions, it remains listed as a least concern species by the IUCN with a total population of approximately 200,000. Source: Internet
A more recent estimate by the IUCN puts the global population at 10,000–25,000. Source: Internet
As of 2012, this and the American black bear are the only bear species not classified as threatened by the IUCN. Source: Internet