2022年12月9日

“Wuru”,一个四岁的女儒艮,游在她的坦克在悉尼水族馆6月4日,2009年。儒艮吃海草在热带海域,有时也被称作“海奶牛”虽然他们最亲近的亲属,是大象。路透人类活动的影响,从气候变化到污染是“毁灭性的”海洋生物,有近十分之一的水下植物和动物评估迄今为止面临灭绝的威胁,最新的濒危物种红色名单显示在周五。报告的发布恰逢联合国峰会上自然在蒙特利尔联合国首席安东尼奥古特雷斯敦促各国结束“大肆破坏”,通过一个协议,阻止和逆转栖息地的丧失。超过1550 17903海洋植物和动物的评估由国际自然保护联盟面临灭绝的风险,根据最新的列表作为晴雨表的生物多样性和出版一年要更新好几次。“这表明我们有毁灭性的对海洋生物的影响,”克雷格•Hilton-Taylor IUCN红色名录,对路透表示。“水下,你不可能真的看到发生了什么。所以通过评估物种它给了我们一个真实的状态指示器究竟发生了什么事,这并不是好消息。”Hilton-Taylor said the portion of marine species facing extinction was likely much higher than current data shows because those analysed so far have tended to be widespread fish species, not currently under threat. Populations of the dugong, a plump, grey herbivorous mammal commonly known as the sea cow, have fallen to fewer than 250 adults in east Africa and fewer than 900 in the French territory of New Caledonia, the IUCN said. Among the threats they face are the loss of their main food source, seagrass, due to oil and gas exploration and production in the case of Mozambique and pollution from nickel mining in the Pacific. The latest list reviews abalone species, a type of mollusc sold as a luxury seafood item, for the first time and found that around 44% of them face extinction. Increasingly severe and frequent marine heat waves have caused mass mortalities, by stoking disease and killing their food sources, IUCN says. The pillar coral, a Caribbean species resembling upright stalactites, slid down two categories from "vulnerable" to "critically endangered." Its population has shrunk by over 80% across much of its range since 1990 amid bleaching and disease. "The awful status of these species should shock us and engage us for urgent action," said Amanda Vincent, chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission Marine Conservation Committee. © Copyright Thomson Reuters 2022. All rights reserved. FOLLOW MORE IBT NEWS ON THE BELOW CHANNELS IBT Fast Start - Let the best of International News come to you Sign up and stay up to date with our daily newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Join the Discussion