MARSEILLE: After decades of recording alarming declines in animals and plants, conservation experts have taken a more proactive approach, with a new “Green Status” launched on Saturday, billed as the first global measurement for tracking species recovery.
Since 1964, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed some 138,000 species for its Red List of Threatened Species, a powerful tool to highlight the plight of wildlife facing extinction.
Some 28 percent are currently at risk of vanishing forever.
Its new Green Status will act as a companion to this survival watchlist, looking at the extent to which species are depleted or restored compared to their…
