Ancient stone board game 'likely played in a similar way to backgammon' is discovered at a 4,000-year-old.'Marshes and other wetlands may seem unproductive and inhospitable to humans, but in fact they provide us with essential services. 'Globally, these ecosystems are disappearing three times faster than forests. In Central and South America, the major cause of their decline is clearing of forests for residential and commercial construction, the conservation body said.ĭr Bruno Oberle, IUCN director general, said: 'By revealing the global loss of dragonflies, today's Red List update underscores the urgent need to protect the world's wetlands and the rich tapestry of life they harbour. More than a quarter of species are threatened in South and South East Asia, mostly due to clearing of rainforests and wetlands for crops such as palm oil. The reasons for dragonfly and damselfly declines vary around the world, the IUCN said, with pesticides, pollutants and climate change the greatest threats in Europe and North America and a growing risk worldwide. Its population has declined by as much as 50 per cent throughout its range since 2011, as human impacts such as hydropower plants, dam and reservoir construction, water taken for agriculture, invasive species, illegal fishing, water pollution, climate-driven droughts and excavation of rivers take their toll.

The Pyrenean desman – a semiaquatic mammal related to moles, with a long sensitive nose and large webbed feet, and found only in rivers in Andorra, France, Portugal and Spain – has also seen its situation worsen, moving from vulnerable to extinction to the higher-risk category of endangered.

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