Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, says UN
NEARLY half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a damning new United Nations report released today.
Many songbirds, sea turtles, whales, sharks and other migratory animals move to different environments with changing seasons and are imperilled by habitat loss, illegal hunting and fishing, pollution and climate change.
About 44 per cent of migratory species worldwide are declining in population, the report found. More than a fifth of the nearly 1,200 species monitored by the UN are threatened with extinction.
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