The Group of Expertsofthe InternationalUnion for Conservation ofNature and Natural Resources(IUCN)recentlyvisitedMadagascarin order to assessthe population oflemurs.It turns outthat as many as23 speciesof theseprimatesis"criticallyendangered".
Others are inmuchbetter position.52species are"endangered" andanother 19-"vulnerableto extinction".-This meansthat 91per cent.of themwill go tothe Red Book.That'sthe mostamong mammals-saidRussMittermeier,president ofConservation International.
Red Listof Threatened Speciesispublishedby the IUCNlistof endangeredorganisms.It was releasedfor the first timein 1963.Ifthere is aspecificgenreas "critically endangered", it meansthatsurvivedlessthan 50adults, orthat within10 yearsthenumberdecreased by80percent.
Since 2009,significantlyincreased the amount ofhunting oflemurs, worse,droppedtheirprosecution.-Now,huntedeven for theblue-eyedlemurs,whichhave notbeen done-saysChristophSchwitzerzofBristolZoo.It's gonenow90 percent.of them.
The Group of Expertsofthe InternationalUnion for Conservation ofNature and Natural Resources(IUCN)recentlyvisitedMadagascarin order to assessthe population oflemurs.It turns outthat as many as23 speciesof theseprimatesis"criticallyendangered".
Others are inmuchbetter position.52species are"endangered" andanother 19-"vulnerableto extinction".-This meansthat 91per cent.of themwill go tothe Red Book.That'sthe mostamong mammals-saidRussMittermeier,president ofConservation International.
Red Listof Threatened Speciesispublishedby the IUCNlistof endangeredorganisms.It was releasedfor the first timein 1963.Ifthere is aspecificgenreas "critically endangered", it meansthatsurvivedlessthan 50adults, orthat within10 yearsthenumberdecreased by80percent.
Since 2009,significantlyincreased the amount ofhunting oflemurs, worse,droppedtheirprosecution.-Now,huntedeven for theblue-eyedlemurs,whichhave notbeen done-saysChristophSchwitzerzofBristolZoo.It's gonenow90 percent.of them.