The EU’s goal of stopping animal and plant extinctions by 2010 has not been reached. Now more action is planned – for proper long-term protection of biodiversity by 2020.
Time is short. The UN reckons species are now disappearing at 100 to 1000 times the natural extinction rate. A third of the 1.75m known animal and plant species are under threat. In 2008, we lost 717 animal species, according to the International union of nature conservation (IUCN). Right now, beluga whale, koala bear and staghorn coral numbers are shrinking at an alarming rate.
To protect animals like the Iberian lynx – down to the last 100 – the EU is working out a new long-term vision for the next 40 years up to 2050.
See full Press Release.
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