“We must wake up to the fact that conserving nature’s diversity is in our interest, and is absolutely fundamental to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. “With more than 100,000 species now assessed for the IUCN Red List, this update clearly shows how much humans around the world are overexploiting wildlife,” said IUCN Acting Director General, Dr Grethel Aguilar. The IUCN Red List has broken through the 100,000 species barrier it now includes assessments for 105,732 species, of which 28,338 species are threatened with extinction. This is shown by high numbers of species threatened by the loss of free flowing rivers, habitat degradation, pollution and invasive species in Japan and Mexico. The update also reveals further evidence of the perilous state of freshwater fishes globally.
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