
Three percent are "critically endangered", including the Mediterranean monk seal and the Iberian lynx, another five percent are "endangered" and eight percent are "vulnerable". "The number one threat is habitat destruction, which affects 90 percent of the threatened species," said IUCN expert Annabelle Cuttelod, co-author of the report, in a statement released in Spain.
"We need international action to protect key areas and preserve natural habitats to ensure we don't lose the rich biodiversity in this area," she added. High concentrations of threatened species are found in the mountains of Turkey, northwestern Africa and the Levant, the ancient land now comprising Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories….
The Iberian lynx, (c) Programa de Conservación Ex-situ del Lince Ibérico www.lynxexsitu.es, Wikimedia Commons, under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License
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