It’s hard to tell when something isn’t there. “Erroneously declaring a species extinct could lead to its actual demise, simply because stakeholders may give up on trying to save it,” says P Jeganathan, a wildlife biologist with the NGO Nature Conservation Foundation. By the guidelines of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, a species may be declared extinct when …
In what comes as positive news for tiger reserves, conservationists across the world, the population of tigers has increased by 40 per cent since the last assessment in 2015. The latest findings revealed that 40 per cent jump in the tiger population globally is due to improvements in monitoring, showing that there are more tigers than previously thought, and the …
The world's sharks and rays have seen declines in their population and more are now threatened with extinction, according to a new red list released at a global conference aimed at protecting dwindling species. Key points: About 37 per cent of the world's sharks and rays are considered in danger, up from 33 per cent seven years ago Ebonies and …
