Migratory Species In Trouble
Migratory species across the planet are in serious trouble, with almost half of them facing declining population numbers and one in five threatened with extinction, a new UN report finds. The report, released Monday, is the first comprehensive assessment of how migratory species are faring under human-induced stresses like habitat loss, hunting and fishing, and climate change. Not all animal groups are under equal threat: the report finds that almost 97% of migratory fish species are threatened with extinction, “Conservation of migratory species is extremely difficult because they cross nations, continents, even hemispheres,” Amanda Rodwald, director of the Center for Avian Population Studies at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, told Grist. “That requires a lot of coordination among different countries … and thinking across geopolitical boundaries.” (AP, Grist, Axios, CNN, BBC, NPR)
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