{"id":88496,"date":"2022-07-21T14:42:32","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/?p=88496"},"modified":"2022-07-21T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T15:36:05","slug":"iucn-red-list-migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/news\/iucn-red-list-migratory-monarch-butterfly-now-endangered\/","title":{"rendered":"IUCN Red List: migratory monarch butterfly now endangered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The migratory monarch butterfly (<em>Danaus plexippus plexippus<\/em>), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species<sup>TM<\/sup> as Endangered, threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. All surviving sturgeon species \u2013 also migratory, found across the northern hemisphere \u2013 are now at risk of extinction due to dams and poaching, pushing the world\u2019s most Critically Endangered group of animals yet closer to the brink. The tiger (<em>Panthera tigris)<\/em> has been reassessed, revealing new population figures.<\/p>\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>Header photo: Migratory Monarch butterfly by Cicloco via Getty Images, Canva <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p>The IUCN Red List now includes 147,517 species, of which 41,459 are threatened with extinction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"block block-container small-12 large-offset-1 large-10\">\n<p><em>\u201cToday\u2019s Red List update highlights the fragility of nature\u2019s wonders, such as the unique spectacle of monarch butterflies migrating across thousands of kilometres,\u201d <\/em>said <strong>Dr Bruno Oberle, IUCN Director General. <\/strong><em>\u201cTo preserve the rich diversity of nature we need effective, fairly governed protected and conserved areas, alongside decisive action to tackle climate change and restore ecosystems.<\/em><em> In turn,<\/em> c<em>onserving biodiversity supports communities by providing essential services such as food, water and sustainable jobs.\u201d<\/em><\/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\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/\">Read the full article on iucnredlist.org <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The migratory monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus plexippus), known for its spectacular annual journey of up to 4,000 kilometres across the Americas, has entered the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM as Endangered, threatened by habitat destruction and climate change. All surviving sturgeon species \u2013 also migratory, found across the northern hemisphere \u2013 are now at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":88503,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[194],"class_list":["post-88496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-red-list-of-threatened-species"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88496"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88518,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88496\/revisions\/88518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iucn.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}