FACTS

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⪼16928 plant and animals are threatened with extinction

⪼ In the last 500 years human activity is known to have forced 869 species to extinction

⪼ One of four mammals face a high risk of extinction in the near future

⪼ One in three amphibians (and half of all tortoises) are threatened

⪼ The current species extinction rate is estimated to be between 1000 and 10000 times higher than the natural