PROTECTING OUR BIODIVERSITY

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) provides the most comprehensive global accounting of endangered species, classifying vulnerable species on a spectrum that ranges from "near threatened" to "extinct," with the "endangered" classification sitting in the middle.

There are currently more than 79,800 species on the list and more than 23,000 are threatened with extinction, including 41 per cent of amphibians, 34 per cent of conifers, 33 per cent of reef building corals, 25 per cent of mammals and 13 per cent of birds. Learn more: www.iucnredlist.org