At least 28 extinctions prevented globally by conservation action in recent decades and South Africa has had no mammal or bird extinctions in this same period.
Conservation action has prevented the global extinction of at least 28 bird and mammal species since 1993, a study led by Newcastle University and BirdLife International has shown. The species include Puerto Rican Amazon Amazona vittata, Przewalski’s Horse Equus ferus, Alagoas Antwren Myrmotherula snowi, Iberian Lynx Lynx pardinus, and Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae, among others.
Publishing their findings in the journal Conservation Letters, an international team of scientists (including SANBI staff member Matthew Child) have estimated the number of bird and mammal species that would have disappeared forever without the efforts of conservationists in recent decades.
Un item du plan : Une initiative phare pour protéger les réserves les plus vitales de carbone et de biodiversité : les Partenariats de conservation positive (PCP), dotés d’un premier budget de 100 millions d’euros, et d’un mécanisme de rémunération des pays exemplaires via des « certificats biodiversité ».