An alarming situation

It’s been too long that biodiversity is suffering from the consequences of human industrial development everywhere around the globe.
Each year, many species are disappearing in total anonymity, which lead to the disturbance of the ecosystems associated to them.

Back in 1627 (Auroch extinction) and 1680 (Dodo extinction), extinctions were already recorded.
Since then, between 1600 and 1700, 1 species out of 10 was disappearing every 10 year, between 1800 and 1900 the number of extinctions increased to 1 species per year and since 1986, no less than 4 species are disappearing every year.

Culprits are clearly pointed out here, especially when we notice that specific biodiversity is decreasing at the same time as global population is growing and human activities are getting more important.
Due to the lack of information and the lure of profit, too many mistakes have been leading to the loss of biodiversity.

In a situation of continuous extinctions, during the 60s many biologists started to collect data about wildlife and the threats on their survival. From these studies Red Lists were released.

Nowadays, things have changed a little; IUCN (The International Union for the Conservation of Nature) is conducting this work.
The IUCN, created in 1948 is powerful and gathers more than 1000 member organizations in 160 countries including 200 governments and 800 non-governmental organizations, and many scientists.
As an environmental organization, IUCN is involved in the creation of one of the most famous conservation tool, the Red List, which is used as a key indicator to measure progress towards achieving goals related to the endangered species.