{"id":52017,"date":"2020-07-09T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T14:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=52017"},"modified":"2021-09-27T09:25:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T08:25:47","slug":"almost-a-third-of-lemurs-and-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/almost-a-third-of-lemurs-and-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost a third of lemurs and North Atlantic Right Whale now Critically Endangered &#8211; IUCN Red List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gland, Zwitserland, 9 July 2020 (IUCN) \u2013 Almost a third<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>(31%) of all lemur species in Madagascar are now Critically Endangered \u2013 just one step away from extinction \u2013 with 98% of them threatened, according to today\u2019s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This update completes a revision of all African primate assessments, concluding that over half of all primate species in the rest of Africa are under threat. This update also reveals that the North Atlantic Right Whale and the European Hamster are now both Critically Endangered.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color\"><em>Headerfoto: European hamster (Cricetus Cricetus) \u2013 Credit: Mathilde Tissier (IPHC \u2013 LIFE alister<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The IUCN Red List has today surpassed 120,000 species, with 120,372 species now assessed. Of these, 32,441 are threatened with extinction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/news\/species\/202007\/almost-a-third-lemurs-and-north-atlantic-right-whale-now-critically-endangered-iucn-red-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full release on IUCN.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"background background-preset-primary\" id=\"block_61517fed9b2bb\">\n             <div class=\"dark custom-padding-top\">\n    \n\n\n<div class=\"smallteam-members__name12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n\t<div id=\"team-members-block_61517ff29b2bc\" class=\"team-members team-members-block block\">\n\t\t<span class=\"anchor-id\" id=\"\"><\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"team-members__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<div>Learn more?<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"team-members__body small-12 grid-x\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__item grid-x small-12 medium-6\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__image cell shrink\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__image-wrapper lazyload\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\" data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/318IUCN-290915-scaled.jpg&#039;)\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/app\/uploads\/2021\/02\/318IUCN-290915-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/2560;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__info cell auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__info-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__name\">Henk \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSimons<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"team-members__jobtitle\">no longer working at IUCN NL<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gland, Zwitserland, 9 July 2020 (IUCN) \u2013 Almost a third&nbsp;(31%) of all lemur species in Madagascar are now Critically Endangered \u2013 just one step away from extinction \u2013 with 98% of them threatened, according to today\u2019s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. 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