The Bulletin notes that assessment reports on the taimen, recognized as the largest species of salmon in the world, conclude that all species of taimen are now listed as threatened or Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
October 2012: The October issue of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Species Survival Commission (SSC) Bulletin highlights that 83% of Madagascar’s palms are threatened with extinction, putting the livelihoods of local people at risk. This information comes from the latest update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
According to the assessment, populations of many palm species are at risk as land is being cleared for agriculture and logging.
The Bulletin also highlights a publication, titled “Primates in Peril: The World’s 25 Most Endangered Primates, 2012–2014,” compiled by the Primate Specialist Group of IUCN’s SSC and the International Primatological Society (IPS), in collaboration with Conservation International (CI) and the Bristol Conservation and Science Foundation (BCSF). The publication notes that Madagascar’s lemurs are severely threatened by habitat destruction and illegal hunting, which have accelerated dramatically since the change of power in the country in 2009.
The Bulletin further notes that according to assessment reports on the taimen, recognized as the largest species of salmon in the world, all species of taimen are now listed as threatened or Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [Publication: IUCN SSC Species E-Bulletin, October 2012]