New IUCN European Red List assessments launched at #IUCNcongress show nearly 100 more wild bee species now threatened. 🐝 Butterfly extinction risk up 76% in a decade. 🦋 🌍 Pollinators are vital to food, ecosystems & economies. In the 🇪🇺, 80% of crops & wildflowers rely on insect pollination. 📉 Key facts: • 1 in 10 wild bee species at risk • 15% of butterflies threatened • Climate change impacts 52% of threatened butterflies • Simpanurgus phyllopodus now Critically Endangered 🔗 Read more: h

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For the most part, the latest update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species paints a pretty bleak picture for the world's wild species, but there was some rare good news for New Zealand's kiwis! | Earth Touch