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A list of threatened species

December 16 , 2022 701 days 560 0
  • A list of threatened species was released at the COP15 to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Montreal, Canada.
  • It has shown what overconsumption and unsustainable harvesting can do to plants and animals around us.
  • As many as 44 per cent of all abalone shellfish species are now threatened with extinction.
  • Dugong populations in east Africa and New Caledonia have entered the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered and Endangered respectively.
  • The species remains Vulnerable globally.
  • The pillar coral, found throughout the Caribbean from the Yucatan Peninsula and Florida to Trinidad and Tobago, has moved from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.

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