A campaign to compile a list of 100 tasks for world governments to undertake to tackle the biodiversity crisis
BIODIVERSITY
About a third of assessed species worldwide are currently threatened with extinction in the wild. The greatest threat right now is habitat loss. Agriculture, grazing, and urban development divide and destroy terrestrial habitats. In the oceans, fishing trawlers scrape the sea floor while aquaculture eats up mangroves and other sensitive coastal regions.
Climate change will pose an increasing threat to biodiversity in coming decades. Conservationists set up the current global network of nature reserves with today's climate in mind. Plants and animals attempting to migrate with the changing conditions may find themselves in human territory with nowhere to go.
Click on the images to the right to find out more about the main threats to biodiversity or the images below for info on the most endangered species.
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amur leopard
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Axolotl
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Bacterian Camel
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Baishan Fir
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Bastard Quiver Tree
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Blue-throated Macaw
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capa rose
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ethiopian wolf
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European Eel
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Kooloaula
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leatherback turtle
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mongolian saiga
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mountain gorilla
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przewalski's horse
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sumatran rhino
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The Bamboo Lemur
VIDEOS
LINKS
WWF's mission is to stop the degradation of our planet's natural environment, and build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.
A site with an interactive map showing the richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth
Lots of interactive maps and resources about diversity in the UK
NEWSFEEDS
Angry birds? These lost species have every right to be…
Traditional farming can save threatened species, study finds
Turtle doves and partridges among wild birds in steep decline in Britain
