Global figures for 2022 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species released in UN Biodiversity Conference.
Prachi Kiran
What's inside?:
IUCN survey of different categories, 2022:
150,388 species assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for the year 2022.
Species that are under threat are 42,108 in number.
The total number of Species that have become Extinct is 902, which means a total of 902 Species kind have been terminated.
According to IUCN, there are 84 wildlife species that are in Extinct category.
A huge number of 9,251 breeds have been under ‘Critically Endangered’ genre.
Endangered species are 16,364 in number that means if not probed properly in the coming times, these Endangered species will turn into the category of Extinct!
Vulnerable race of species have a total number of 16,493 as of 2022, according to the IUCN.
8,816 breeds of species have been categorized under ‘Near Threatened’ section of the IUCN for the year 2022.
77,491 breeds of species are there that are of Least Concern.
A total number of 20,835 species have been classified as ‘Data Deficient’, that means; there is a lack of data/information regarding 20,835 race of species across the globe, according to IUCN.