Wildlife conservation
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Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild species and their habitats in order to prevent species from going extinct. Major threats to wildlife include habitat destruction/degradation/fragmentation, overexploitation, poaching, hunting, pollution and climate change. The IUCN estimates that 27,000 species of the ones assessed are at risk for extinction. Expanding to all existing species, a 2019 UN report on biodiversity put this estimate even higher at a million species. It's also being acknowledged that an increasing number of ecosystems on Earth containing endangered species are disappearing. To address these issues, there have been both national and international governmental efforts to preserve Earth's wildlife. Prominent conservation agreements include the 1973 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).
See also
- Biodiversity
- Conservation movement
- Conservation biology
- Conservation genetics
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- CITES
- Endangered species
- Endangered Species Act of 1973
- Habitat conservation
- IUCN Red List
- Refuge (ecology)
- Wildlife management
- Wildlife trade
