The first ever UN report into the state of migratory species suggests animals from sharks to sea birds face a bleak future
Hundreds of migratory species – from humpback whales to wandering albatrosses – are under threat because of human activity, according to the first United Nations report on the animals. Thereport, released today, concludes that almost half of the migratory animals on a UN list of vulnerable species are seeing population declines. About a quarter of the listed species are at risk of extinction.
As a result of their wandering nature, though, these animals encounter a range of perils across their migratory routes, saysat the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Germany, who wasn’t involved in the report. “A stork can be endangered in central Europe by an electrocution risk that comes from wrongly built electricity pylons, in the Mediterranean region by environmental poisoning and habitat loss and in North Africa by illegal hunting.
“These are species that really require international cooperation for their survival and conservation,” says Fraenkel.To understand how these migratory animals are faring today, Fraenkel and her colleagues conducted a comprehensive analysis of the conservation data for all the species.) – have seen a rise in their risk of extinction. Significant population declines have hit 44 per cent of CMS-listed species, and 22 per cent are in danger of being wiped out entirely.
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