IUCN added 1840 new species to the Red List of Threatened Species
December 14 , 2019
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- The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added about 1,840 new species to its updated “Red List of Threatened Species”.
- Red List of Threatened Species is a catalogue of plants and animals that risk extinction.
- The group released its Red List update in the middle of COP25 climate talks in Madrid, Spain.
- Latest update showed that 37% of Australia’s freshwater fish species were threatened with extinction due to rising temperatures.
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