US EditionWild Bee and Butterfly Extinction Risk Doubles in Europe as 172 Species Now Threatened
- On Oct 11, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared nearly 100 additional wild bee species in Europe as threatened, issuing the announcement from Brussels.
- Habitat loss from intensive agriculture and forestry and land abandonment drives declines, while fertilisers and pesticides reduce flower diversity and climate change worsens habitats with drought and wildfires.
- Some 15 species of bumblebees and 14 cellophane bees face declines exceeding 20%, while 65 out of 442 butterfly species are now threatened, up from 37 in 2010.
- Scientists and EU officials say the decline jeopardises natural ecosystems and food production, noting four out of five crop and wildflower species depend on insect pollination and call for urgent comprehensive action.
- Against a global backdrop of more than 20,000 bee species worldwide, at least 172 out of 1,928 assessed wild bee species in Europe are now at risk, up from 77 threatened species in 2014 amid growing interest in wild colonies in recent years.
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The update of the Iucn Red List indicating the degree of biodiversity impairment. In 10 years there are almost 100 new species of bees in danger. The causes? Loss of habitats, fires, pesticides and human activities
Europe is worried about its wild pollinators. The survival of bees, bumblebees and butterflies is increasingly threatened. This is the warning launched this weekend by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN. The destruction of natural habitats as well as the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers cause the collapse of populations. Yet the future of Europeans depends directly on these wild species.
172 bee species in Europe are at risk of extinction, according to figures from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s new Red List of Threatened Species.
Pollinators in crisis: Wild bees and butterflies face rising extinction risk across Europe, says IUCN
BRUSSELS, Oct 11 — The survival of Europe’s wild pollinators is increasingly at risk, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Saturday as it declared...
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