According to the report of the biodiversity of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), disclosed yesterday (03), amphibians are the most threatened.
Were analyzed by the ONG about 47.6 thousand species belonging to the Red List of the organization and said that nearly 18 thousand are at risk of extinction – including 21% of mammals, 30% of amphibians, 12% of birds, 28% of reptiles and 37% of the fish.
Among the amphibians, from 6.2 thousand species in the list, about 1.9 billion would be in danger of extinction. Of these, 39 would already be extinct or extinct in the wild and almost 500 were “seriously threatened”. “The scientific evidence of a serious crisis of extinction is accumulating,” said Jane Smart, head of IUCN. She said a recent analysis shows that the goal of biodiversity by 2010 will not be met.
List – The Red List is considered the most respected evaluation and serious about the state of the species that inhabit the planet. In amphibians, appointed this year as the group most at risk, the document also suggests that among mammals, the situation is also worrying.
Of about 5.5 thousand mammals present on the list, 79 were extinct or extinct in the wild and 188 would be “seriously threatened”. Among the reptiles, 1.6 animals listed, 22 are already extinct and 460 were threatened.
Source: Estadão Online
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