India has 988 species on IUCN ‘Red List’
Adds 15 species to list of threatened species in 2014, but climbs down a spot to seventh position
India has added 15 more species to the “Red List” of threatened
species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
in 2014, but the country has climbed down a spot to the seventh position.
By the year-end, India had 988 threatened species on the list,
which lists critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable species. In 2013,
the number was 973. With 659 species in 2008, the increase over seven years is
50 per cent, in part due to better research identifying more threatened species
and deforestation.
By adding 37 species, China seemed to have helped India improve
its rank.
This is definitely a concern … There is a tendency of
decision-makers to focus on ‘charismatic’ mammals for conservation, while
others are left out of programmes … A more holistic approach is needed to
conservation in India.
A recent World Bank mapping of endangered mammals shows India as
having the fourth largest number of threatened species in the world, 31 of them
endemic to the region.
No comments:
Post a Comment