Performed students of 32 IT group: Timonova Anastasia

Poliakova Maria

Tkacheva Julia

Teacher: Kochkina V. U.

Project-work category: general humaninterest topic.

Type of the project: semi-structured(defined and planned by the teacher withstudents.

Time limit: in and out class project work,covering 8 academic hours.

Final outcome: multimedia and oralpresentation.

Equipment and materials: the Internet,pictures, the Wikipedia

to improve students’ language (reading, writing,speaking, listening, grammar knowledge) andcontent knowledge;

to recycle the vocabulary on the topic: “TheEnvironment Nature.

to encourage students to work together and to writetheir messages to future;

to develop students’ abilities to find and presentinformation;

to develop students’ autonomy and independence;

to increase students’ motivation and ensuremeaningful students’ engagement.

1. Preface

2. History of the Red Book

3. The Belgorod region’s Red Book

4. Some animals species

5. Video materials

The Red Book - is an

illustrated collection of

the rarest and most

endangered species. The

purpose of the Red Book is

to attract people to the

animals, the environment,

self-education and

development.

History of the World Red Book was launched inParis in 1902, when a number of countries havesigned the first of its kind Red Book - TheInternational Convention for the Protection ofBirds, which can be considered the firstinternational agreement to protect biodiversity.

In 1948 was established the International Union forConservation of Nature and (IUCN, IUCN) - aninternational non-governmental organization inconsultative status with UNESCO, which has 502organizations from 130 countries.The range of activities extends from the IUCNconservation of endangered species, protected areas andecosystem management to environmental legislation andsocial policy.IUCN seeks to ensure that decision-making in

environmental management was based strictly on ascientific basis, using the latest scientific developments.

In 1966 was published the second edition,which was already much more voluminous,and include information not only onmammals and birds, and amphibians andreptiles.The third edition, volumes of which beganto emerge in 1972, included information on528 species already and subspecies ofmammals, 619 species of birds and 153species and subspecies of reptiles andamphibians.

Of the 1,400 species of plants and12,000 animal species, distributedin more than 80 recorded in theRed Book of Russian Federation,even up to 500 species of themrequire effective protection at theregional level as rare andendangered. Particularly affectedby human activity and its forests,steppe ecosystems and waterbodies. Increased degradation ofblack earth. Water - wind erosionexposed more than 70 percent ofarable land. The content ofhumus in the soil and, in general,its fertility. Environmentalproblems give rise to socio -economic.