The increase in Black Rhino numbers is mainly due to continuing law enforcement efforts and successful population management measures, including moving selected rhinos from established populations to new locations to keep populations productive and increase the species’ range. It will be criticial for the voices of those working in the field to protect threatened species such as African Rhinos to be amplified in coming years as we set the conservation agenda for the next decade.” International, national and local actors need to work together to tackle the biodiversity crisis. “It is crucial that local people are increasingly involved in and benefit from conservation efforts. “These developments for African rhinos show the changes that can be achieved through committed conservation action,” said Dr Jane Smart, Global Director of the IUCN Biodiversity Conservation Group. “It is essential that the ongoing anti-poaching measures and intensive, proactive population management continue, with support from national and international actors." At the same time, it is evident that there is no room for complacency as poaching and illegal trade remain acute threats," said Dr Grethel Aguilar, Acting Director General of IUCN. "While Africa’s rhinos are by no means safe from extinction, the continued slow recovery of Black Rhino populations is a testament to the immense efforts made in the countries the species occurs in, and a powerful reminder to the global community that conservation works. ![]() The IUCN Red List now includes 116,177 species of which 31,030 are threatened with extinction. Population models predict a further slow increase over the next five years, according to today’s update. He says a lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts is hastening the demise of many of these species.Between 20, the Black Rhino ( Diceros bicornis) population across Africa has grown at a modest annual rate of 2.5% from an estimated 4,845 to 5,630 animals in the wild, respectively. He notes about a quarter of all mammals are at risk of being wiped out. Besides the rhino, he says there are more than 20,000 other species, including plants, fish, invertebrates, mammals and birds that are threatened with extinction. Vie says millions of dollars are spent by people who buy the horn, falsely believing it can cure cancer. And, this is to sell the horn, mostly to Asia and, I know, it is mostly Vietnam. I think this year, the poachers have killed more than 300 already, including national parks. “The main problem is the countries in southern and eastern Africa are facing lots of poaching," he said. He says the black and white rhinos are doing much better in southern and eastern Africa. He says there still are two or three rhino species that are considered conservation successes. It says the sub-species is probably extinct, following the poaching of what is thought to be the last animal in Vietnam in 2010.īut, Jean-Christophe Vie says not everything is bad news. ![]() It says the Javan rhino also is making its last stand. ![]() The report says a sub-species of the white rhino in central Africa, the northern white rhino, is currently teetering on the brink of extinction and has been listed as "possibly extinct in the wild." So, in a way, it is undermining the potential of the countries to develop responsible tourism and generate income.” Rhinos in the world are really attractive animals. So, by doing that, they undermine all the potential of rhinos for the development of economic opportunity in tourism. People just want to make money out of the horn. "That is what also killed the latest rhino in Vietnam, just poaching. “People just shooting them to take their horn. The deputy director of IUCN’s Global Species program, Jean-Christophe Vie, tells VOA poaching is the main threat to the survival of the rhinoceros. In its latest assessment of the situation, the IUCN says two other sub-species of rhinoceros also are close to extinction.ĭespite the action of conservation programs, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature warns many sub-species of rhinos may soon be a thing of the past. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature is officially declaring the western black rhino of Africa extinct.
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