"People are competing for fewer and fewer resources and the animals are worse off ... especially with civil strife," Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the Red List, told Reuters. Drought and climate change are aggravating factors, he said.
Date: Dec 07, 2016
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Giant pandas no longer endangered, but don't celebrate yet
"It's all about restoring the habitats," Craig Hilton-Taylor, Head of the IUCN Red List, told the BBC."Just by restoring the panda's habitat, that's given them back their space and made food available to them."
Date: Sep 06, 2016
Source: Google
World's largest gorilla moved to 'critically endangered' status
from endangered to vulnerable, as its population has grown as a result of effective forest protection and reforestation efforts by China. Weve kept it in the vulnerable category because there are concerns about climate change, said Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the Red List Unit.
"There were very limited anti-poaching efforts in place to save the animals, and anyone caught poaching was not sentenced, hence no deterrents were in place," said Craig Hilton-Taylor of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.