List of threatened species grows by 1,000, but conservation efforts bring hope for some animals

FILE - An Iberian lynx is visible in Doñana National Park, in Aznalcazar, Spain on Sept. 28, 2018. However, in a significant conservation success, the population of the Iberian lynx recovered from the brink of extinction. FILE - An Iberian lynx is visible in Doñana National Park, in Aznalcazar, Spain on Sept. 28, 2018. However, in a significant conservation success, the population of the Iberian lynx recovered from the brink of extinction.

“It is easy to distinguish if copiapoa cacti have been poached or grown in a greenhouse,” said Pablo Guerrero, a member of the IUCN’s group on the plants. “Poached copiapoa have a grey tone and are coated in a dusty-looking bloom that protects the plants in one of the driest deserts on Earth, whereas cultivated plants appear greener.”

The list also revealed the “staggering” decline of endemic reptiles — the giant lizard and skink — on the Canary Islands and Ibiza due to predation by the invasive snakes. The species was revived by restoring the Iberian lynx’s natural Mediterranean scrub and forest habitat as well as increasing the abundance of its primary prey, the European rabbit. Conservation efforts have also involved increasing the lynx’s genetic diversity by relocating them to new areas and breeding them in controlled environments.

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Threatened species list grows by 1,000, but conservation efforts bring hope for some animalsMore than 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction -- 1,000 more than last year -- according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion.
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