Wildlife in a Changing World: An Analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesJean-Christophe Vié, Craig Hilton-Taylor, S. N. Stuart Wildlife in a Changing World presents an analysis of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Beginning with an explanation of the IUCN Red List as a key conservation tool, it goes on to discuss the state of the world's species and provides the latest information on the patterns of species facing extinction in some of the most important ecosystems in the world, highlighting the reasons behind their declining status. Areas of focus in the report include: freshwater biodiversity, the status of the world's marine species, species susceptibility to climate change impacts, the Mediterranean biodiversity hot spot, and broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments. |
Contents
a key conservation tool | 1 |
State of the worlds species | 15 |
a hidden resource under threat | 43 |
Broadening the coverage of biodiversity assessments | 67 |
a biodiversity hotspot under threat | 89 |
Summary of the five criteria used to evaluate if a taxon belongs in a threatened category | 105 |
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Africa amphibians Asia Baillie Biological bird species BirdLife International Butchart chytridiomycosis climate change climate-change-susceptible Coelacanth Conifers conservation action conservation status countries Critically Endangered cycads Darwall Data Deficient species DD LC TOTAL declines diversity dragonflies ecosystems endemics endemics endemics EW Subtotal CR EX EW Subtotal extinction risk Family EX EW Figure freshwater freshwater biodiversity freshwater crabs freshwater fishes freshwater species globally threatened groupers habitat loss Hilton-Taylor impacts invasive species invertebrates Islands IUCN Red List Least Concern List of Threatened LR/cd NT DD LR/nt marine species Mediterranean basin Molluscs NT DD LC Number of species number of threatened Order EX EW population Red List assessments Red List Category Red List Index reef-building corals regional Republic risk of extinction sharks Specialist Group species assessed species richness Subtotal LR/cd NT susceptible to climate taxonomic groups terrestrial threatened birds threatened species Threatened Total Threatened Total Threatened Total trends Vulnerable wetlands