Can we say, THEY are sending COMMS…
"It was suspected that it might be in decline, but without the global reptile assessment we wouldn't have known it's actually vulnerable," said coauthor Neil Cox, manager of the Biodiversity Assessment Unit, a joint initiative of IUCN and Conservation International in Washington, DC.
Delegations from the world's governments are expected to meet in Kunming, China, later this year to agree on a new biodiversity action plan.
However, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15) has been delayed several times, and China has yet to set a date. Nature and conservation organizations say [<< a link to https://www.naturepositive.org/naturecalltoaction]
it's a once-in-a-decade opportunity to reset our relationship with nature and reverse biodiversity loss.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/world/reptiles-extinction-threat-scn/index.html
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/5/2/new_study_reptile_species_face_extinction
https://www.naturepositive.org/naturecalltoaction