OTTAWA — A successful new agreement to protect nature would be one that eliminates the threat of extinction for all species by 2050, the International Uni
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.That warning comes as more than 190 countries sit at the COP15 negotiating table and try to agree on a biodiversity framework to halt and begin to reverse damage to ecosystems and declines in wild species.
“The marine species that we report on today are facing a perfect storm of threats, an onslaught of threats,” said Jane Smart, the head of the conservation organization’s science centre.For example, pillar coral, a hard coral found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean, was assessed as vulnerable 12 years ago. Now it’s critically endangered, with climate change causing higher ocean temperatures that are killing it off.
All of those factors, along with accidental capture in fishing nets, poaching and crime, are propelling marine species into extinction, Smart said — despite people all over the world depending on marine life for their livelihoods and food sources. She said that her organization wants the risk of extinction for all species to plummet to zero by 2050, and that this would mean reducing the risk by 20 per cent by 2030.She said states must come together and agree on “a big ambitious plan to protect life on earth for the sake of that life. And for the sake of all of the humans that depend on it.”
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