One-third of species threatened with extinction.
The dramatic species extinction continues. This shows the new Red List of endangered animal and plant species. Global 47'677 more than a third of the studied species are threatened with extinction. Switzerland, WWF warns that climate change will exacerbate this extinction.
The Red List of endangered animal and plant species, published by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), paints a dramatic picture. Since 2002, the number of threatened animal and plant species has increased by almost 55 percent. Of the species studied, one in five mammalian species, one in eight bird species and one in three amphibian species at risk. In plants, even 70 percent of all recorded species are endangered. As the list covers only a fraction of the entire biodiversity, the number of threatened Much higher species.
In mammals, the tiger is a typical example of an acutely endangered species. Only 3200 live in the wild. The distribution area now includes only seven percent of the original extension. "If this trend continues, there is the tiger in the zoo soon only to see, because they will become extinct in the wild," warns Doris Calegari, project manager at WWF Switzerland.
is the dramatic situation for the polar bears, of which live in the Arctic, only 20,000 to 25,000 copies. Climate change warms Arctic twice as fast as the rest of the world. Thus, the ice is shrinking steadily as the survival of the largest land predator in acute danger.
But not only climate change but also the accelerated destruction of habitats and species extinction. Particularly at risk are amphibians: From 6285 were collected frogs, toads, newts and classified in 1895 in the highest threat category. 39 species are already extinct, including the golden toad.
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