Q 01/05

Which organization maintains the Red List of Threatened Species, founded in 1964?

A) WWF

B) UNESCO

C) Greenpeace

D) IUCN

Answer · why

D) IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature is based in Switzerland; the Red List is also called the Red Data Book.

Q 02/05

Which Red List category, abbreviated LC, is used for species that are widespread and abundant?

A) Least Concern

B) Locally Common

C) Lightly Conserved

D) Low Risk

Answer · why

A) Least Concern

Above it come Near Threatened, then the three threatened tiers, then Extinct in the Wild and Extinct.

Q 03/05

Which US president signed the Endangered Species Act into law on December 28, 1973?

A) Gerald Ford

B) Richard Nixon

C) Lyndon Johnson

D) Jimmy Carter

Answer · why

B) Richard Nixon

He had declared existing conservation efforts inadequate the year before.

Q 04/05

CITES, the treaty on trade in endangered wildlife, entered into force in which year?

A) 1972

B) 1968

C) 1961

D) 1975

Answer · why

D) 1975

Its text was finalized by 80 countries in Washington in 1973, so it is also called the Washington Convention.

Q 05/05

Which animal appears on the logo of the World Wide Fund for Nature?

A) Mountain gorilla

B) Giant panda

C) African elephant

D) Bengal tiger

Answer · why

B) Giant panda

Sir Peter Scott drew the original logo when the fund was set up in 1961.