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Life on Earth is astonishingly diverse, with the total number of living species estimated somewhere between a staggering 5 and 30 million. With the rate of species extinction in excess of 1,000 times the ‘natural’ rate, conservation efforts for the world’s mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates, fungi, plants and algae, as well as numerous other organisms, have never been more vital.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The IUCN Species Programme working with the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) has been assessing the conservation status of species, subspecies, varieties, and even selected subpopulations on a global scale for the past 50 years in order to highlight taxa threatened with extinction, and therefore promote their conservation.
Accelerating extinction risk from climate change
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