The ''Red Data Book of Ukraine'', or literally the ''Red Book of Ukraine'' ( uk, Червона книга України, Chervona knyha Ukrayiny), is an official national red list of the

threatened Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensat ...

animals, plants and fungi that are protected by the law in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

. State administration, conservation regulation and control of species is provided by the state institutions such as the

Cabinet of Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine ( uk, Кабінет Міністрів України, translit=Kabinet Ministriv Ukrainy; shortened to CabMin), commonly referred to as the Government of Ukraine ( uk, Уряд України, ''Uriad Ukrai ...

, Ministry of Ecology ( Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources), and other state institutions. Scientific support for the Red Data Book is provided by the National Commission on the Red Data Book issues that prepares propositions about including and excluding species from the Red Data Book, provides control over materials preparation, determination of edition structure and coordination of related activities. The National Commission on the Red Data Book issues is formed by the

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...

based on its Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology and

Cholodny Institute of Botany Kholodny or Cholodny (feminine: Kholodna, Cholodna, Kholodnaya) is an surname. It comes from East Slavic descendants of Proto-Slavic *xoldьnъ ("cool", "cold"). Notable people with the surname include: * Natalia Liwycka-Chołodna (1902–2005), U ...

that directly conduct registry of the red data. The first edition of the Ukrainian Red Data Book was published in 1980, just couple of years after there was released the first edition of the Soviet Red Data Book. It was published by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine publishing house

Naukova Dumka Naukova Dumka ( uk, Наукова Думка — literally "scientific thought") is a publishing house in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was established by the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1922, largely owing to the efforts of Ahatanhel Krymsky ...

. In 1994 and 1996 there was released the second edition of the Book by the Ukrainian Encyclopedia. In 2009 the Third Edition of the Red Book of Ukraine was releasedViktoriya Herasymchuk.
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The Ukrainian Week ''The Ukrainian Week'' ( uk, Український Тиждень, translit=Ukrainskyi Tyzhden) is an illustrated weekly magazine covering politics, economics and the arts and aimed at the socially engaged Ukrainian-language reader. It provides ...

. 14 August 2009 by Global Consulting Ukraine. As of 2019 the 1369 species are protected by the Red Book of Ukraine.

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* *Law of Ukraine #3055-III
About the Red Data Book of Ukraine (Про Червону книгу України)
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Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine ( uk, Верхо́вна Ра́да Украї́ни, translit=, Verkhovna Rada Ukrainy, translation=Supreme Council of Ukraine, Ukrainian abbreviation ''ВРУ''), often simply Verkhovna Rada or just Rada, is the ...

. 2002 Nature conservation in Ukraine Biota of Ukraine Ecology literature IUCN Red List Ukrainian books {{Ukraine-stub

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