“ One third of the animals and plants evaluated in America are at risk of extinction”
There is good news for Guadalupe fur seal of Mexico and the US, or the lynx of Spain, but bad for the lion of the savannas of Africa, or for the tiny flashlight goby of the Caribbean.
According to the latest update of the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, made public today, right now are 22.784 animals and endangered plant species in the world, of which 4,735 are critically endangered, 7,124 endangered and 10,925 in category vulnerable.
There has been in this review to any species stamp ‘extinct’. However, of the 14 new ones have entered in the previous step, that of critically endangered tree stand an exclusive Haiti whose habitat has been reduced by 97% in the last century, Magnolia emarginata and ten types of orchids from Madagascar is not known if they have already become extinct.
Ironically, the new Red List It shows that you can also reverse . Guadalupe fur seals ( Arctocephalus townsendi ) on the west coast of Mexico and the US was given by extinct twice in the past, in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth. It was thought that these marine mammals (which differ from seals by their visible ears) had been completely exterminated by fur trappers. However, in this new update it appears listed as ‘least concern’. Thanks to the habitat protection measures and enforcement (as the American Law on Protection of Marine Mammals), it has made its population arrives today to 20,000.
Although it has not yet escaped much less of the danger zone, another positive case reported by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is the Iberian lynx ( Lynx pardinus ), a feline only lives in the south of Spain and Portugal. In 2002 it was estimated that there were just 52 of these lynx, but through captive breeding and other conservation measures, and their number had increased to 156 in 2012. In the new Red List has moved from the category of “endangered critical ‘to that of’ endangered ‘.
“This edition of the IUCN Red List shows that the actions effective conservation can work wonders, “he says Inger Andersen , General Director of this international organization based in Gland (Switzerland). “Saving the Iberian lynx, which was on the brink of extinction, while safeguarding the livelihoods of local communities, is a perfect example of this type of action”.
If that’s the good news, the bad news is that the situation continues to worsen many other species. This happens with the lion ( Panthera leo ), the African golden cat ( African Golden Cat ), the New Zealand sea lion ( Phocarctos hookeri ) , lady slipper orchids Tropical Asia … In the Caribbean region, a significant case is the tiny flashlight goby ( Coryphopterus lipernes ), a non biggest fish of 1.2 inches ( 3 centimeters).
Why pay attention to such a tiny animal? “It is important for conservation that question refers not only large animals, the most emblematic species fulfills its role and sometimes small meet great roles,” says Arturo Mora Office IUCN Regional for South America in Quito (Ecuador), which highlights the important link of these fish with the status of coral reefs.
With regard to the set of America are 27.401 animals and plants evaluated that 8,386 are threatened with extinction , near a third party. Surprise especially if the plants because of the 8,173 evaluated, more than half, 4,535 are threatened.
Keep in mind that this refers to the species of animals and plants evaluated, with many more those for which there is no information. While IUCN has listed as 22.784 species, it is estimated that there are about 1.7 million animals and plants on the planet. However, as explained Mora, groups completely cataloged as mammals, birds, amphibians, cacti … “The invertebrates are the least information we have.”
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