IUCN finds one-quarter of freshwater species are at risk of extinction
February 26, 2025
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species recently conducted the most extensive global assessment into the status of freshwater species
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species recently conducted the most extensive global assessment into the status of freshwater species
Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment, published in today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Also in today’s update, the conservation status of the Western European hedgehog has deteriorated and is now listed as Near Threatened.
A new assessment finds that 25% of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, and at least 17% of threatened freshwater fish species are affected by climate change.