IUCN: Eland (Vulnerable) & Mountain Reedbuck (Endangered)

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Eland vulnerable, mountain reedbuck endangered: IUCN

14 September 2017 - 14:36 By afp


An Eland walks through the bush. File photo.
Image: Gallo Images/istock


The International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN highlighted five species of African antelope that have seen their numbers decline drastically in recent years, largely due to poaching and habitat degradation.

"Our activities as humans are pushing species to the brink so fast that it's impossible for conservationists to assess the declines in real time," warned IUCN chief Inger Andersen, urging increased efforts to save species teetering on the edge.

The world's largest antelope, the giant eland, which is native to central and western Africa, was for instance previously assessed as having a sound population. It is now listed as "vulnerable", with fewer than 10,000 mature animals remaining.

And the mountain reedbuck has seen a 55-percent drop in its South African population over just 15 years, placing it on the "endangered" list, IUCN said.

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The grey rhebok, the origin of the Reebok sports brand, has been listed as near threatened due to declining numbers.

"Although assumed to be unthreatened due to its inaccessible habitat, collation of available subpopulation data reveals an estimated decline of ca 20% over three generations (1999–2014) in 13 formally protected areas across its range," the IUCN reports.

Heuglin's gazelle is now endangered due to habitat degredation and the Southern Lechwe is near threatened due to poaching, agricultural expansion, livestock grazing and droughts.

"Even those species that we thought were abundant and safe, such as antelopes in Africa or ash trees in the US, now face an imminent threat of extinction," she said in the statement.

Of beetles and ash
An invasive beetle has driven North America's most widespread ash tree towards extinction, conservationists said.

The IUCN said six of North America's most prominent ash species were now "critically endangered" - just one step from becoming extinct.

The species are being destroyed by the invasive and fast-moving emerald ash borer beetle, which arrived in the northern state of Michigan from Asia in the late 1990s via infested shipping pallets.

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It has already wiped out tens of millions of trees throughout the United States and Canada, and can kill off virtually an entire forest of ash within six years, the IUCN said.

"Their decline, which will likely affect over 80 percent of the trees, will dramatically change the composition of both wild and urban forests," Murphy Westwood, of IUCN's Global Tree Specialist Group, said in a statement.

Three of the endangered species -- the green ash, white ash and black ash -- are the most dominant ash trees in the US, comprising nearly nine billion trees in forested lands.

The white ash is also one of the most valuable timber trees in North America and is widely used to make furniture, baseball bats and hockey sticks.

IUCN said a warming climate meant the emerald ash borer was now thriving in places that once were too cold, warning that it was "impossible to know how far it could spread in the future".

The North American ash trees are among more than 25,000 species deemed by the Red List to be threatened with extinction.

'Pushing species to the brink'
IUCN also noted sharp declines among Madagascan grasshoppers and millipedes, with nearly half of them listed as endangered and some perilously close to extinction.

The Red List meanwhile said all hope was out for the pipistrelle bat, which was endemic to Australia's Christmas Island, and which has now officially been declared extinct.

The bat, which was widespread as late as the 1980s, counted a population of just 20 animals in January 2009, and the last one was seen in August of that year.

-Additional reporting by TimesLIVE
 

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Since the earth has entered a Grand Solar Minimum, there should be no global warming for the next 50 years.

Did these Experts not get the memo?
Or, can they benefit financially from forecasting gloom and doom? (a with Fauci?)
 
Since the earth has entered a Grand Solar Minimum, there should be no global warming for the next 50 years.

Did these Experts not get the memo?
Or, can they benefit financially from forecasting gloom and doom? (a with Fauci?)
Sounds like a lot of scare tactics and wishful propaganda on their part. More emotional fantasy.
 
With respect to the giant eland, the current version of the IUCN Red List says this:

"Trophy hunting quotas have been established in parts of the species range and sustainable trophy hunting is a key to the Giant Eland’s future; with mature bulls being one of the world’s most prized big game trophies . . . Safari hunting is the most likely justification for the long-term preservation of the substantial areas of unmodified savanna woodland which this antelope requires, and sustainable trophy hunting is a key to the Giant Eland’s future." (my emphasis)

Sounds pretty reasonable to me!
 
With respect to the giant eland, the current version of the IUCN Red List says this:

"Trophy hunting quotas have been established in parts of the species range and sustainable trophy hunting is a key to the Giant Eland’s future; with mature bulls being one of the world’s most prized big game trophies . . . Safari hunting is the most likely justification for the long-term preservation of the substantial areas of unmodified savanna woodland which this antelope requires, and sustainable trophy hunting is a key to the Giant Eland’s future." (my emphasis)

Sounds pretty reasonable to me!
That is surprising but great news.
 
With respect to the giant eland, the current version of the IUCN Red List says this:

"Trophy hunting quotas have been established in parts of the species range and sustainable trophy hunting is a key to the Giant Eland’s future; with mature bulls being one of the world’s most prized big game trophies . . . Safari hunting is the most likely justification for the long-term preservation of the substantial areas of unmodified savanna woodland which this antelope requires, and sustainable trophy hunting is a key to the Giant Eland’s future." (my emphasis)

Sounds pretty reasonable to me!
If this is correct, what a success between 2017 and 2021 !

Thank you for sharing this @Hank2211 ! It gives some nice hope for the future. Now let's hope other organisations follow suit.
 
If this is correct, what a success between 2017 and 2021 !

Thank you for sharing this @Hank2211 ! It gives some nice hope for the future. Now let's hope other organisations follow suit.
If this is correct?!! Oh ye of little faith! https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44172/50197518

In my (admittedly limited) experience, the IUCN is made up of a whole range of scientists, some of whom are anti-hunting, but most of whom recognize that well-regulated hunting can be a boon for conservation. Remember, these people care about preservation of the species, not of individual animals. If preserving every individual would doom the species . . . that's a radical animal rights perspective that is a moral stand (I'd argue immoral . . .) rather than a scientific one.

You may recall that the IUCN issued a letter when Corey Knowlton bought the Nambian black rhino tag a few years ago, stating that scientifically, the hunt was not only defensible but was good for the species.
 

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Sounds like a lot of scare tactics and wishful propaganda on their part. More emotional fantasy.
I can tell you first-hand that the ash borer is destroying the ash in N. Michigan with no end in sight.
 
I can tell you first-hand that the ash borer is destroying the ash in N. Michigan with no end in sight.
We have the bark beetle here in NV and it's decimating the conifers in some places. What pisses me is the tree huggers and greenies who won't let anyone log the dead stuff. Then they wonder why we have such devastating wildfires.
 
I cut 20 Blue Ash trees out of my back yard in the last few years due to those damned beetles. Here in KY some places are well worn over due to that and elm rot. It’s quite depressing. It’s the American Chestnut all over again.
 
We have the bark beetle here in NV and it's decimating the conifers in some places. What pisses me is the tree huggers and greenies who won't let anyone log the dead stuff. Then they wonder why we have such devastating wildfires.
Because fire = bad.
 
I cut 20 Blue Ash trees out of my back yard in the last few years due to those damned beetles. Here in KY some places are well worn over due to that and elm rot. It’s quite depressing. It’s the American Chestnut all over again.
Looks that way.
 

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