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The organisation which has published Red Data Book is
  1. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
  2. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
  3. National Wildlife Action Plan
  4. Convention on International trade in Endangered species of Wild fauna and flora

A
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resource
B
National Wildlife Action Plan
C
Convention on International trade in Endangered species of Wild fauna and flora
D
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
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The IUCN Red List of threatened species was founded in 1964. It is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is the world's main authority on the conservation status of species.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

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