| IUCN Red List partner statements for 2006 |
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The Red List partnership is comprised of IUCN and its Species Survival Commission, BirdLife International, Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, NatureServe and the Zoological Society of London.
Several Red List partners issued press releases or news stories on the 2006 Red List which we have linked to below.
 Record bird numbers slip towards extinction
04-05-2006
BirdLife's annual evaluation of how the world's bird species are faring shows that the total number considered threatened with extinction is now 1,210. When combined with the number of Near Threatened species this gives a record total of 2,005 species in trouble – more than a fifth of the planet’s 9,799 total species. Read more
| The Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International (CI-CABS) |
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 Biodiversity Is In the Red
New Data Identifies 784 Species Extinct, 16,119 Highly Threatened
Jennifer Shatwell and Erika Kranz, Staff Writers
May 2, 2006: Global biodiversity loss is increasing, according to new data by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). In its 2006 Red List of Threatened Species, the IUCN declares that 784 species of flora and fauna have gone extinct since the year 1500, and a further 65 species now survive only in captivity or cultivation. One-fourth of the 40,177 species assessed in the updated resource are described as threatened with extinction. Among the most threatened in 2004 were one in eight birds and one in four mammals. To these, the updated Red List adds one in three amphibians and a quarter of the world's coniferous trees. Read more
2006 IUCN Red List Reveals Continuing Declines
Assesses Status of Threatened Species Worldwide (5.04.06)
The 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species brings into sharp focus the ongoing decline of the earth's biodiversity. Widely recognized as the most authoritative assessment of the global status of plants and animals, the Red List provides an accurate measure of progress, or lack of it, in achieving the globally agreed target to significantly reduce the current rate of biodiversity loss by 2010. Read more
| The Zoological Society of London |
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 ZSL working to conserve IUCN Red List Endangered Species
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is delighted to be closely involved in the work to assist with the production of the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, which classifies the world’s species according to their extinction risk.
Key contributor, Professor Georgina Mace, Director of ZSL’s Institute of Zoology, said “The updated Red List clearly demonstrates that our world’s species are still declining. It has become more important than ever that both active conservation and relevant research are undertaken to stay the decline.” Read more
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