The Facts
Welcome to the Before It’s Too Late Conservation Community. This is Stage One (beta) of a community dedicated to saving our planet’s biodiversity. A place where you can learn about wildlife, nature and the environment. A place where conservation organisations can share in the revenue this website generates, to help them save endangered species.
At the beginning of the 1990’s there were around 5,000 species on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Endangered Species. Today – less than 20 years later – that number has increased to more than 17,000 and growing.
Scientists estimate that:
- Between 10% and 15% of the earth’s remaining plant species,
- 23% of remaining mammal species
- 12% of remaining bird species
- 32% of this planet’s remaining amphibian species are threatened with extinction.
It’s shameful that humanity has increased the species extinction rate over the past few centuries by as much as 1,000 times the background rates typical over our planet’s history.
Now, with the added pressure of global warming, hundreds more species will undoubtedly join the 17,000 species already on the Red List.
It’s time to act. Find out more by clicking on About at the top of the page or click here
It’s time to stand up and be counted …… Before It’s Too Late.
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