http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-04/eastern-gorilla-gets-added-to-critically-endangered-list
Eastern Gorilla Is Now ‘Critically Endangered’ While Panda Improves to ‘Vulnerable’ Status

The world’s largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, cited illegal hunting in downgrading the status of the eastern gorilla on its Red List of Endangered Species. The list contains more than 80,000 species, and almost 24,000 of those are threatened with extinction. “To see the eastern gorilla — one of our closest cousins — slide toward extinction is truly distressing,” Inger Andersen, IUCN director general, said in a statement. “Conservation action does work and we have increasing evidence of it. It is our responsibility to enhance our efforts to turn the tide and protect the future of our planet.” The organization said an estimated 5,000 eastern gorillas remain in the wild, a decline of about 70 percent over the past 20 years. Of all the great ape species — the eastern gorilla, western gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan, chimpanzee and bonobo — only the chimpanzee and bonobo are not considered critically endangered. But they are listed as endangered.

Other animals on the list fared better than the apes, including the giant panda, which was previously on the endangered list. It is now listed as “vulnerable” after conservation efforts helped protect its habitat. “For over 50 years, the giant panda has been the globe’s most beloved conservation icon,” said Marco Lambertini, director general of the environmental group World Wildlife Fund. “Knowing that the panda is now a step further from extinction is an exciting moment for everyone committed to conserving the world’s wildlife.” Hunting and habitat destruction are taking a toll on animals and plants in variety of areas, the report said.

dv said:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-09-04/eastern-gorilla-gets-added-to-critically-endangered-list
Eastern Gorilla Is Now ‘Critically Endangered’ While Panda Improves to ‘Vulnerable’ Status

The world’s largest living primate has been listed as critically endangered, making four of the six great ape species only one step away from extinction, according to a report released Sunday at the World Conservation Congress in Hawaii. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, cited illegal hunting in downgrading the status of the eastern gorilla on its Red List of Endangered Species. The list contains more than 80,000 species, and almost 24,000 of those are threatened with extinction. “To see the eastern gorilla — one of our closest cousins — slide toward extinction is truly distressing,” Inger Andersen, IUCN director general, said in a statement. “Conservation action does work and we have increasing evidence of it. It is our responsibility to enhance our efforts to turn the tide and protect the future of our planet.” The organization said an estimated 5,000 eastern gorillas remain in the wild, a decline of about 70 percent over the past 20 years. Of all the great ape species — the eastern gorilla, western gorilla, Bornean orangutan, Sumatran orangutan, chimpanzee and bonobo — only the chimpanzee and bonobo are not considered critically endangered. But they are listed as endangered.

Other animals on the list fared better than the apes, including the giant panda, which was previously on the endangered list. It is now listed as “vulnerable” after conservation efforts helped protect its habitat. “For over 50 years, the giant panda has been the globe’s most beloved conservation icon,” said Marco Lambertini, director general of the environmental group World Wildlife Fund. “Knowing that the panda is now a step further from extinction is an exciting moment for everyone committed to conserving the world’s wildlife.” Hunting and habitat destruction are taking a toll on animals and plants in variety of areas, the report said.

Those are NOT all of the great apes, because we are the seventh great ape and the reason why the others are is such survival difficulties.

And the news is?

mollwollfumble said:

And the news is?

Ahh, I see. “Between 1996 and 2016, the eastern (lowland) gorilla lost more than 70 percent of its population”. Not good news.

mollwollfumble said:

And the news is?

That the Eastern Gorilla, for the first time, is considered critically endangered.

PermeateFree said:

Those are NOT all of the great apes, because we are the seventh great ape and the reason why the others are is such survival difficulties.

Spoilers: Humans are in the “least concern” category.

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

Those are NOT all of the great apes, because we are the seventh great ape and the reason why the others are is such survival difficulties.

Spoilers: Humans are in the “least concern” category.

Though yet we still show symptoms of the same disease.

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

Those are NOT all of the great apes, because we are the seventh great ape and the reason why the others are is such survival difficulties.

Spoilers: Humans are in the “least concern” category.

Although I strongly agree that these sort of articles are very valuable in bringing attention to these impeding disasters, but I think very few people think of us as a Great Ape and related to these endangered species and it is good to consider our situation in comparison and to wonder how there is such a discrepancy.

PermeateFree said:

dv said:

PermeateFree said:

Those are NOT all of the great apes, because we are the seventh great ape and the reason why the others are is such survival difficulties.

Spoilers: Humans are in the “least concern” category.

Although I strongly agree that these sort of articles are very valuable in bringing attention to these impeding disasters, but I think very few people think of us as a Great Ape and related to these endangered species and it is good to consider our situation in comparison and to wonder how there is such a discrepancy.

Directly or indirectly I imagine humans have pretty much caused most if not all species classified as endangered to be that way.

Cymek said:

PermeateFree said:

dv said:

Spoilers: Humans are in the “least concern” category.

Although I strongly agree that these sort of articles are very valuable in bringing attention to these impeding disasters, but I think very few people think of us as a Great Ape and related to these endangered species and it is good to consider our situation in comparison and to wonder how there is such a discrepancy.

Directly or indirectly I imagine humans have pretty much caused most if not all species classified as endangered to be that way.

There is however a solution.

Cymek said:

Directly or indirectly I imagine humans have pretty much caused most if not all species classified as endangered to be that way.

There would be many species whose existence has made other species extinct.

We are another species just doing our thing, so in theory we should have no concern for those extinct and endangered species. We are a part of the evolutionary process and have our place here.

Like other species, we are selfish and opportunistic. Unlike other species, however, we have the ability and means to cause extreme devastation worldwide. Problem is that we have an understanding of our impact. We understand irreversibility and loss. We are also beginning to understand that our own survival depends on the ecosystems around us and on the long-term care of our planet.

It’s not the “awww” factor of a cute or majestic species that will sufficiently change our behaviour/s, but the threat of our own demise. Whilst we are of “least concern”, I can’t see a chance for these gorillas or any other species whose bodies or habitat remain a viable resource.

Speedy said:

Cymek said:

Directly or indirectly I imagine humans have pretty much caused most if not all species classified as endangered to be that way.

There would be many species whose existence has made other species extinct.

We are another species just doing our thing, so in theory we should have no concern for those extinct and endangered species. We are a part of the evolutionary process and have our place here.

Like other species, we are selfish and opportunistic. Unlike other species, however, we have the ability and means to cause extreme devastation worldwide. Problem is that we have an understanding of our impact. We understand irreversibility and loss. We are also beginning to understand that our own survival depends on the ecosystems around us and on the long-term care of our planet.

It’s not the “awww” factor of a cute or majestic species that will sufficiently change our behaviour/s, but the threat of our own demise. Whilst we are of “least concern”, I can’t see a chance for these gorillas or any other species whose bodies or habitat remain a viable resource.

Our answer to Global Warming.

PermeateFree said:

Our answer to Global Warming.

LOL. off topic but following on from above image. This is mollwollfumble’s solution to the problem of river flooding. You can imagine how delighted mollwollfumble was when he discovered that this solution to river flooding had actually been successfully implemented in SE Queensland.