Ten percent of dragonflies threatened

[Bruce McKinlay]

First comprehensive study of insect endangerment: ten percent of dragonflies threatened.

   

A  lot of time, effort, and funds have been spent on programs evaluating the threat of extinction to species around the world. Yet insects have not benefited from these programs, which have largely focused on more 'charismatic' species such as mammals, birds, amphibians, and reptiles. This gap is clearly shown by the fact that 42 percent of vertebrates have been assessed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and only 0.3 percent of invertebrate.

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