Species are at risk in marine, freshwater and land ecosystems. Cumulatively 4000 native species are currently threatened with or at risk of extinction – 90 percent of seabirds, 76 percent of freshwater fish, 84 percent of reptiles, and 46 percent of vascular plants.
Arctocephalus forsteri near Kaikoura, New Zealand. Photo: Bernard Spragg/Wikipedia
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