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The Addicted Gardener: Plants, animals added to 'Red List' of endangered species Donna Lane, Columnist On Dec. 10, the International Union for Conservation of Nature updated its Red List, an inventory of threatened species maintained by the organization and a critical indicator of the health of the world’s biodiversity. In this Red List update, 31 species were declared extinct. And, of the now 128,918 species listed, more than 35,700 species are currently threatened with extinction. That’s almost 30% of all plant and animal species evaluated by the group. The species listed include all o...

BirdGuides c6675bb9-9b14-449e-b047-84eaa98830a3 There have been mixed results for the world's animals following this year's update to the IUCN Red List of threatened species. Ahead of the annual update on bird species the analysis for other taxa was announced. Sadly, some 31 extinctions have been announced and all of the world's freshwater dolphin species are now globally threatened. However, European Bison has moved from Vulnerable to Near Threatened, thanks to years of conservation efforts. European Bison has been downgraded ffrom Vulnerable to Near Threatened followi...

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 species of sharks and rays.  There are now 128,918 species on the IUCN Red List, of which 35,765 are...

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 action. Relative percentages for threatened species cannot be provided for many taxonomic groups on The...