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ENDANGERED SPECIES

An endangered species is a population of organisms which is facing a high risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species.

Many nations have laws offering protection to conservation reliant species: for example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves.

Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection like Pandas. Many more species become extinct, or potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice.[citation needed]

Lion by Art-Photo .:Panda:. by MASOCHO Tiger by Saphira-dragon

Conservation status

The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that endangered species becoming extinct. Many factors are taken into account when assessing the conservation status of a species, including statistics such as the number remaining, the overall increase or decrease in the population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on.[2] The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the best-known worldwide conservation status listing and ranking system.[3]

It has been estimated that over 40% of all living species on Earth are at risk of going extinct.[4] Internationally, 199 countries have signed an accord agreeing to createBiodiversity Action Plans to protect endangered and other threatened species. In theUnited States this plan is usually called a species Recovery Plan.

IUCN Red List

IUCN Red List refers to a specific category of threatened species, and may includecritically endangered species. The IUCN Red List uses the term endangered species as a specific category of imperilment, rather than as a general term. Under the IUCN Categories and Criteria, endangered species is betweencritically endangered and vulnerable. Also critically endangered species may also be counted as endangered species and fill all the criteria

The more general term used by the IUCN for species at risk of extinction is threatened species, which also includes the less-at-risk category of vulnerable species together with endangered and critically endangered.

IUCN categories, and some animals in those categories, include:

:thumb51194109: Mexican Wolf by LindseyTaylor cheetah by olsenbande76
:thumb272778611: Snow leopard and Realm of colours by woxys Persian Leopard II by amrodel
quotes copied from Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endanger… :pc:


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