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List of endangered animal species · POLAR BEAR · PANDA · THE ELEPHANT · THE WHALE · THE CHIMPANZEE · THE MOUNTAIN GORILLA · THE SNOW LEOPARD · THE TIGER OF SUMATRA ... Closepanel BBVA.com Whatareyoulookingfor? 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Subscribetoourweeklysustainabilitynewsletter! Listentoaudio Leerenespañol PerhapsmanycouldnotimaginethattheirgenerationwouldwitnessthefinaldisappearanceofcertainanimalandplantspeciesfromtheEarthaspartofwhatlookstobethesixthmassextinctioneventtobefallourplanet.AccordingtoresearchbyscientistsattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT),givencurrentcarbonemissions,thenextmassextinctioncouldoccurwithin80years,aroundtheyear2100.Whatdoesitdependon?Itdependsonhowsoontheoceanabsorbs310billiontonsofcarbon.  Commitment BBVAleadsoneoftheworld'sfirstsustainabletransactionsfordatacenters Nabiax,aleaderindatacentersinSpainandLatinAmerica,hasconvertedoneoftheirfinancingintheprojectfinanceformatintoasustainableonefor€320million.BBVAactedasthesustainablecoordinatingbankforthissustainablefinancingthatmarksamilestoneinthedatatechnologysector. Atpresent,climatechangeisthedirectcauseofdecreasingbiodiversity(whichhasdeclinedby68%since1970).Furthercausesincludechangesinlandandseause,directexploitationoforganisms,pollutionandinvasivespecies,asstatedinthelatestreportoftheIntergovernmentalScience-PolicyPlatformonBiodiversityandEcosystemServices(IPBES). Biodiversitypreservationisemergingstronglyasaleadingconcern,andwillbekeyinthesustainabilitydebate,accordingtoBBVAResearch's'SustainabilitythroughthelensofBigData'report. Thisishowearliermassextinctionshappened Althoughextinctioneventshavehappenedontheplanetformillionsofyears,thedatashowthatintervalsbetweenextinctionsarebecomingshorterandshorterwhilethedisappearanceofspeciesisadvancingrelentlessly.TheIPBESChair,SirRobertWatson,hasstatedthat,"Thehealthofecosystemsonwhichweandallotherspeciesdependisdeterioratingmorerapidlythanever." Thefirstmassextinction,alsoknownasthe'Ordovician-Silurian'event,tookplace443millionyearsago,andlastedatleast500,000yearsandpossiblyamillionyears.Duringthatperiod,86%ofthespeciesthatexistedatthetimedisappeared.Theyweremainlymarinespecies.Thereasonforextinctionwasglaciationandaconcomitantdecreaseintheoxygenavailableforsurvival. Thesecond,or'Devonian-Carboniferous',massextinctioncameabout367millionyearsago.Itlastedforthreemillionyears,duringwhichtime82%ofexistingspeciesdisappeared.Thecausesincludedaproliferationofalgaefromtheemergenceofland-basedplantsthat,byturningthesoil,releasednutrientsintotheocean.Thealgae,bytakingoxygenfromthewater,causedthedisappearanceofmuchofmarineanimallife. Thethirdmassextinctioneventtookplace251millionyearsago.AlsoknownasthePermian-Triassicextinction,theprocesslastedonemillionyearsandledtothedisappearanceof96%ofspecies.Thereason?Volcanicactivity—which,accordingtoscientists,perhapsalsocontributedtothedisappearanceof76%ofspeciesduringthe'Triassic-Jurassic'event,thefourthmassextinction.Thateventtookplace210millionyearsagoandlastedamillionyears. Thefifthmassextinctioncameabout65millionyearsago,andsawtheendofthedinosaursandmanyotherorganisms.Alsoknownasthe'Cretaceous-Paleogene'massextinction,itinvolvedthedisappearanceof76%ofspecies.TheimpactofalargeasteroidintheYucatanPeninsula,Mexico,putanendtothedinosaurera. Endangeredwildlife IPBES's2019GlobalAssessmentReportonBiodiversityandEcosystemServicesnotesthatmorethanonemillionanimalandplantspeciesareatriskofextinctionoverthenextfewdecades.Currently,theInternationalUnionforConservationofNature'sRedListofThreatenedSpecies,acriticalindicatorofthehealthoftheworld'sbiodiversitycomprisingassessmentsofnumerousspeciesgroups,includingmammals,amphibians,birds,reef-buildingcoralsandconifers,showsthatofnearly130,000species,morethan35,500speciesareendangered.Ofthisfigure,40%areamphibians,34%conifers,33%reef-buildingcorals,26%mammalsand14%birds. TheIUCNRedListofThreatenedSpecies. Ofthetotalnumberofspeciesassessedandlisted,78,126belongtotheanimalkingdom.Today,5,278wildlifespeciesareendangeredand3,395arecriticallyendangered. Listofendangeredanimalspecies Theseare12ofthemostendangeredwildlifespeciesonEarththatcoulddisappearinthecomingyears: POLARBEAR PANDA THEELEPHANT THEWHALE THECHIMPANZEE THEMOUNTAINGORILLA THESNOWLEOPARD THETIGEROFSUMATRA THERHINOCEROS THETURTLES THEFRESHWATERDOLPHIN THEWHALESHARK Humanactionisbehindthethreatofextinctionofthesespecies:poachingoftigers,elephantsandrhinoceroses,captureofturtles,anddestructionofhabitatswherespeciessuchaschimpanzees,polarbearsandpandasliveduetotheconsequencesofclimatechange.Since1980,greenhousegasemissionshavedoubled,raisingaverageglobaltemperaturesbyatleast0.7degreesCelsius,causingclimatechangetoaffectnaturenotonlyattheecosystemlevel,butalsointermsofspeciesgenetics.InthecontextoftheConferenceofthePartiestotheConventiononBiologicalDiversity,whichin2021willlaydownnewguidelinesforthecomingdecades,someexpertshavesuggestedsettingatargetoffewerthan20newlyextinctspeciesperyear. Conservationofbiodiversity Biodiversityconservationisemergingasoneofthekeytopicsinthesustainabilitydebate,accordingtoBBVAResearch Inthepastfiveyears,thesocialcalltoactiontobuildamoresustainableworldhasspreadatgreatspeed,accordingtotheBBVAResearchreport‘SustainabilitythroughtheLensofBigData’.Thestudyunderscoresthatwhileclimatechangeisstillleadingtheconversation,biodiversityisemergingastheconceptwiththegreatestgrowth—especiallyinLatinAmerica—anditisexpectedtobeoneofthepillarsthatwillmarkthesustainabilitydebateintheshortandmediumterm. Despitethis,conservationeffortsparadoxicallyalsofocusonreducinginvasivespeciestowardoffthethreattheyposetosomeecosystems. UnitedNationsGoal15:Haltbiodiversityloss Amongthe17SustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs)promotedbytheUnitedNationsistheSDGconcerninglifeonland,whichaimstosustainablymanageforests,combatdesertification,haltandreverselanddegradationandhaltbiodiversityloss.BBVAiscommittedtothisgoalbytakingactiontoprotectforests. Whatotheractionscanbetakentosustainecosystems?Therearemanysmallgesturesthatcanleadtomajorachievements.Recycling,consuminglocalsustainableproductswhileavoidingfoodwaste,andlimitingenergyusethroughefficientheatingandcoolingsystemsaresomeoftherecommendations. Beingrespectfulofwildlifeandparticipatingonlyinecotourismactivitiesthatareorganizedethicallyandresponsiblysoasnottodisturbwildlifeisalsocritical.Suitablemanagementofprotectedareasiskey,astheycontributetohealthyecosystemsand,inturn,topeople'shealth. Keepreadingabout Conservationofbiodiversity Ecology Environment Lifeonland Sustainability Otherinterestingstories Conservationofbiodiversity Thesearethetwelveendangeredanimalsaroundtheworld Keepreading Listening Watching Share Up Suscríbeteanuestranewsletter  tweet tweet tweet LinkedIn



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