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Published January 20, 2021, 1:49 PM Overfishing, pollution, invasive species, and environmental degradation are some of the main factors that threaten the sustainability of freshwater fishes across the country, an academician from National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-NAST) said. (NAST PHL / MANILA BULLETIN) Rafael D. Guerrero III of DOST-NAST’s Agricultural Sciences Division pointed out that this affects mainly indigenous species ...

NationofChange What we’ve lost: The species declared extinct in 2020 The causes of these extinctions range from diseases to invasive species to habitat loss, but most boil down to human behavior. A few months ago a group of scientists warned about the rise of “extinction denial,” an effort much like climate denial to mischaracterize the extinction crisis and suggest that human activity isn’t really having a damaging effect on ecosystems and the whole planet. Tha...

New Red List reveals 31 extinct species - and some conservation successes James Gabriel Martin 11 December 2020 The Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus) is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN © The AGE / Fairfax Media via Getty Images Brand new data released by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has shown that an additional 31 animal species have become extinct, with an extremely worrying trend outlined for fresh water dolphins, as well as a number of spe...