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Trying to keep loggers out of Cameroons Ebo Forest Environmental activists in Cameroon are fighting to ensure that no logging licenses are issued for the Ebo Forest in order to protect the native plants and gorilla species that only live there. Watch video 03:46

Near Threatened = 7,644 Lower Risk/conservation dependent = 180 (this is an old category that is gradually being phased out of The IUCN Red List) Least Concern = 66,469 Data Deficient = 17,878 The figures presented above are only for those species that have been assessed for The IUCN Red List to date. Although not all of the world’s species have been assessed, The IUCN Red List provides a useful snapshot of what is happening to species today and highlights the urgent need for conservation act...