The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

The IUCN Red List web site made easy: a users’ guide is now available!

03 April 2009 -
In October 2008, the IUCN Red List web site was given a brand new look. The new site has more functionality than ever before. This also means that the site has more detailed search pages that...
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Why is biodiversity in crisis?

03 September 2010 -
The escalating extinction crisis shows that the diversity of nature cannot support the current pressure that humanity is placing on the planet. Every day biodiversity is being lost at up to...
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African freshwater species threatened - livelihoods at stake

02 September 2010 -
Gland, Switzerland, Thursday 2 September 2010 (IUCN) – Twenty-one per cent of freshwater species in continental Africa are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods...
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Rare water lily species protected by the Royal Thai Government

11 August 2010 -
IUCN Thailand has been working for three years to achieve national recognition of the endemic and threatened water lily crinum thaianum. Now, the tireless efforts of the team, led by Thailand...
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Search for lost amphibians

11 August 2010 -
Teams of scientists around the world have launched an unprecedented search in the hope of rediscovering 100 species of "lost" amphibians – animals considered potentially...
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