Unsustainable fishing and hunting for bushmeat driving iconic species to extinction - IUCN Red List | Biodiversité | Scoop.it
From www.iucn.org - November 18, 2019 5:31 AM

Gland, Switzerland, 18 July 2019 (IUCN) – Overfishing has pushed two families of rays to the brink of extinction, while hunting for bushmeat and habitat loss have led to the decline of seven primate species, according to the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

The IUCN Red List has broken through the 100,000 species barrier; it now includes assessments for 105,732 species, of which 28,338 species are threatened with extinction.