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Creation and maintenance of the Red Data Book of Trans-Baikal Territory is the legal and scientific basis for conservation and restoration of rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, as the most vulnerable components of biodiversity at the regional level. We trace the history of the Red Data Book of Trans-Baikal Territory. The Red Data Book of Chita oblast and Aginsky Buryat Autonomous okrug (plants) (2008) contained a description of 218 species of plants and fungi. Section Angiospermae included 144 species, Gymnospermatophyta – 2 species, Lycopsida –
4 species, Pteropsida – 4 species, Bryophyta – 26 species, Lichenophyta – 27 species, and the kingdom Fungi – 11 species. As a result of the expedition and stationary research of flora, the list of species included in the Red Data Book of Trans-Baikal Territory (plants) has changed including 247 species of plants and fungi, such as: 150 – Angiospermae, 2 – Gymnospermatophyta,
7 – Pteropsida, 5 – Lycopsida, 42 – Bryophyta, 30 – Lichenophyta, 11 – Fungi. Of these,
36 species listed in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (2008). A large group of authors took part in the creation of the Red Data Book of Trans-Baikal Territory.
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