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- Migratory monarch butterfly now endangered https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202207/migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered-iucn-red-list 124 comments
- Experts gather for first global human-wildlife conflict summit https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202303/experts-gather-first-global-human-wildlife-conflict-summit 4 comments worldnews
- Migratory monarch butterfly now Endangered - IUCN Red List https://www.iucn.org/press-release/202207/migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered-iucn-red-list 6 comments nature
- Deep-sea Mining Could Destroy Biodiversity, and the Impact Could Have Consequences On Our Ecosystems, That We Don't Understand Yet https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/deep-sea-mining 4 comments environment
- Safeguarding “key biodiversity areas”, covering just 9% of land surface, could reduce global extinction risk by almost half (47%). Conservation in 5 megadiverse countries could reduce global extinction risk by almost a third (31%), with Indonesia alone potentially contributing 7%. https://www.iucn.org/news/science-and-economics/202104/transforming-crop-and-timber-production-could-reduce-species-extinction-risk-40 22 comments science
- African elephant species now Endangered and Critically Endangered https://www.iucn.org/news/species/202103/african-elephant-species-now-endangered-and-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list 29 comments worldnews
- Coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass meadows sequester and store more carbon per unit area than terrestrial forestsand are now being recognised for their role in mitigating climate change https://www.iucn.org/resources/issues-briefs/blue-carbon 12 comments science
- Pakistan’s Billion Tree Tsunami restores 350,000 hectares of forests and degraded land to surpass Bonn Challenge commitment https://www.iucn.org/news/forests/201708/pakistan%E2%80%99s-billion-tree-tsunami-restores-350000-hectares-forests-and-degraded-land-surpass-bonn-challenge-commitment 23 comments pakistan
- Illegal fishing, logging and poaching are impacting two-thirds of the 57 natural World Heritage sites monitored by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) this year, putting some of the world’s most precious and unique ecosystems and species at risk. https://www.iucn.org/news/iucn-41whc/201706/illegal-activities-threaten-natural-world-heritage-pushing-vaquita-brink-and-depleting-forests-%E2%80%93-iucn 5 comments worldnews
- With only about one-sixth of the original coral cover left, most Caribbean coral reefs may disappear in the next 20 years, primarily due to the loss of grazers in the region. The damage can be reversed, however. http://www.iucn.org/?unewsid=16056 467 comments science