OTTAWA — A successful new agreement to protect nature would be one that eliminates the threat of extinction for all species by 2050, the International Union…
The global organization, which tracks threats to plants, animals and other organisms, issued an update to its “Red List” of species that are at risk of extinction as United Nations nature talks continue in Montreal.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
This year’s report, which shows an increase in species at risk from just over 40,000 a year ago, focused in detail on marine life. It highlighted significant declines and determined that climate change alone is now affecting more than two out of every five marine species.Article content Abalone, marine mollusks that are one of the most expensive seafood catches in the world, were assessed for the first time this year. Out of 54 abalone species, 20 were immediately listed as threatened with extinction, due to overfishing, pollution, disease, habitat loss, algal blooms, warming and acidification.Article content
Smart said the list is a “gold mine” of information on species, including where they exist, how they’re threatened and how they can be saved. It can also be used to help monitor whether a new biodiversity framework is successful.
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