The New Latvian Red Data Book is the most comprehensive and up-to-date scientific compilation of recent decades on rare, threatened, and extinct species in Latvia. It provides the public, policy-makers, and nature conservation stakeholders with an overview of the conservation status of these species in Latvia and supports efforts to ensure their long-term protection.

The electronic version of the book is freely available to all interested readers. The publication is structured into six thematic volumes and can be downloaded in PDF format (in Latvian) via the links below:

1. Volume – Fungi, lichens and slime moulds
2. Volume – Lichens and charophytes
3. Volume – Vascular plants
4. Volume – Invertebrates
5. Volume – Fish, amphibians, reptiles and mammals
6. Volume – Birds

The new edition of the Latvian Red Data Book comprises six volumes and includes descriptions of 1,069 taxa (including species, subspecies, populations, and others). It covers not only rare, threatened, and extinct species in Latvia, but also species that are classified as Near Threatened or for which insufficient data are available to assess extinction risk.

The Latvian Red Data Book was prepared within the LIFE Programme project “Threatened Species in Latvia: Improved Knowledge and Capacity, Information Flow and Awareness” (LIFE FOR SPECIES). The project is implemented by the Institute of Biology of the Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Latvia, in cooperation with the Nature Conservation Agency, Daugavpils University, and the Latvian Ornithological Society, with financial support from the European Commission’s LIFE Programme and the Ministry of Smart Administration and Regional Development.

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