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16% of the world's damselfly and dragonfly species are threatened with extinction, including Africocypha varicolor, a species found only in two streams on the Moyabi-Madzay plateau in Gabon.
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Dragonflies threatened as wetlands around the world disappear - IUCN Red List
09.12.2021Gland, Switzerland, 9 December 2021 (IUCN) – The destruction of wetlands is driving the decline of dragonflies worldwide, according to the first global assessment of these species in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Their decline is...
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Half of raptors breeding in North Africa are threatened with extinction – IUCN report
30.11.2021The first Red List assessment of raptors in North Africa presents an overview of the conservation status for 36 species of birds of prey breeding in the region.
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The Sebou river: assessment of a North African treasure
06.11.2021Rivers are the lifelines of nature, carrying water and nutrients to all parts of the world. They provide us with clean drinking water and food, and are home to some of the most diverse and threatened wildlife in the world. In the light of the World Rivers Day...
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Publications
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A survey of user attitudes towards the proposed IUCN Green Status of Species
Dudley, Nigel, Timmins, Hannah
Language: En
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The conservation status of marine biodiversity of the Western Indian Ocean
Bullock, Robert, Ralph, Gina, Stump, E., Al Abdali, F., Al Asfoor, J., Al Buwaiqi, B., Al Kindi, A., Ambuali, A., Birge, T., Borsa, P., Di Dario, F., Everett, B., Fennessy, S., Fonseca, C., Gorman, C., Govender, A., Ho, H., Holleman, W., Jiddawi, N., Khan, M., Larson, H., Linardich, C., Matiku, P., Matsuura, K., Maunde, C., Motomura, H., Munroe, T., Nair, R., Obota, C., Polidoro, B., Russell, B., Shaheen, S., Sithole, Y., Smith-Vaniz, W.F., Uiblein, F., Weerts, S., Williams, A., Yahya, S., Carpenter, K.
Language: En
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Conservation priorities for freshwater biodiversity in the Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa catchment
Sayer, C., Palmer-Newton, A.F., Darwall, W.R.T.
Language: En
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Aimed at policy-makers and journalists, IUCN Issues Briefs provide key information on selected issues in a two-pager format.
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Post-2020 global biodiversity framework
In October 2021 and April 2022, Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in Kunming, China (COP15) to determine the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (the framework...
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Measuring contributions towards biodiversity targets
Global biodiversity is declining at a faster rate than at any other time in human history. This is driven by pressures from human actions, including commercial activities. For example, species are...
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Species and Climate Change
Mean global temperatures have risen ~1ºC since pre-industrial times as a result of human activities. In addition to increasing global temperatures, the impacts of climate change include extreme...
