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IUCN Red List reports decline in world’s oldest and largest species
 
The latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species highlights a worrying decline in many economically and medicinally valuable species, from freshwater shrimps and cone snails to conifers, the world’s oldest and largest organisms.

The bristlecone pine can live for up to 5,000 years
 

An impressive 4,807 species have been added to the IUCN Red List this year, bringing the total number of assessed species to 70,294, of which 20,934 are threatened with extinction. With the latest figures comes the news that three species have been declared Extinct.
 
"This latest Red List update is further evidence of our impact on the world's threatened biodiversity. Further evidence that extinction is real, and that we must all act, and act now, if we are to prevent this most tragic reality for many more of the world's species," said Richard Edwards, Chief Executive of Wildscreen, an IUCN Red List partner organisation and the charity behind ARKive.
 

Read more about the newest additions and changes to the IUCN Red List in our blog.

 

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