News Headline
"Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration" announced as theme of World Wildlife Day 2022
Source
CITES
Publication Date
2021-11-16
According to figures by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, over 8,400 species of wild fauna and flora are critically endangered, while close to 30,000 more are understood to be endangered or vulnerable. Based on these estimates, it is suggested that over a million species are threatened with extinction.