The 2023 Red List update reveals hope for birds in crisis The 2023 IUCN Red List update has been released at a critical juncture for nature, as the world waits nervously for the outcomes of the climate COP28 However, this year’s update for birds reminds us just how impactful local communities can be in saving nature, with three Asian stork species being downlisted to lower threat categories
5 key drivers of the nature crisis - UNEP Humans have introduced more than 37,000 invasive species, many harmful, into biomes around the world, threatening a range of plants and animals, finds a new study from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) The Invasive Alien Species Report
Recognising and reporting other effective area-based . . . Technical advice by the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas Task Force on Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures contributed towards the adoption by the CBD’s 14th Conference of the Parties of a definition, guiding principles, common characteristics and criteria for identification of OECMs (CBD Decision 14 8) The world now
In IUCN Red List 2004, extinction of 784 species includes Extinction of a species refers to complete disappearance of every member of that species from the surface of earth IUCN data The IUCN Red list is an inventory maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) which has a record of all extinct, endangered and extinct species of the world
Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South . . . Overall, 96% of all Conophytum species are now designated as Vulnerable or higher Many other caudiform and geophytic species are also under pressure with trends changing rapidly as different species become targeted by this growing illegal wildlife trade
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Established in 1964, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species
Status - Polar Bears International But those with long-term data sets allow scientists to track changes over time For example: Canada's Western Hudson Bay population: Based on an aerial survey in 2021, the population dropped by 27 percent in just five years, from 842 bears to 618, continuing the declining trend of the past 30 years