… and we are responsible for protecting the species that share our environment,’ says Simon Stuart, Chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN published the Red List of Threatened Species™ with now more than 61,900 species reviewed in a true ‘Barometer of Life,’ as called for by leading experts in the magazine Science in 2010.
‘The IUCN Red List is critical as an indicator of the health of biodiversity, in identifying conservation needs and informing necessary changes in policy and legislation to drive conservation forward’ : Jean-Christophe Vié, Deputy Director of IUCN’s Global Species Programme.
Plants are an essential resource for human well-being and are a critical component for wildlife habitats, yet they are still underrepresented on the IUCN Red List.
.: Another leap towards the Barometer of Life | IUCN
tags : culture, environment, biodiversity, #2000x
