Learn about three species facing extinction due to an alarming decline in their populations and the unique reasons for that decline.
Many types of plant, animal, and mammal species globally are at risk of extinction. Over 1 million species are threatened with extinction within the next few decades—an unprecedented rate, according to the IPBES— the intergovernmental scientific body on biodiversity. According to the United Nations, the world is undergoing a triple planetary crisis, and nature loss is one of the crises, the other two being climate change, pollution and waste.
While we know that human activities are driving nature loss, many may be unaware of the reasons that are pushing certain species to critically low numbers. Here, we take a closer look at three handpicked species from the press release of the recent update from the Red List, those that have moved up the radar of extinction. Although the red list briefly lists why these species are threatened, scientists and ecologists have investigated some unique reasons for extinction in more detail.
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