The humphead wrasse was added to CITES Appendix II.
Sources
- Humphead Wrasses | MarineBio (marinebio.org)
- https://cites.org/sites/default/files/common/com/ac/22/EFS-AC22-Inf05.pdf (cites.org)
- https://cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/ac/25/E25-10.pdf (cites.org)
- https://enb.iisd.org/events/15th-meeting-cites-conference-parties-cop15/summary-report-13-25-march-2010 (enb.iisd.org)
- https://www.fao.org/4/i1707e/i1707e00.pdf (fao.org)
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/09/26/2014-23034/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-notice-of-12-month-finding-on-a-petition-to-list-the (federalregister.gov)
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.3199 (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
More in Nature
- Mauna Loa volcano rises to 4,170 metres above the Pacific Ocean.
- The Pacific Ocean's Ring of Fire contains a chain of volcanoes roughly 25,000 miles long, formed where the Pacific tectonic plate slides against or collides with surrounding plates.
- The southern bluefin tuna's IUCN conservation status improved from "critically endangered" to "endangered."
- The Mojave Desert subpopulation occupies only the most well-studied 30% of the larger former range of the desert tortoise, yet this portion experienced the greatest human impacts and the largest documented past population losses.
- African forest elephants are listed as Critically Endangered.
- Mongolia's first national snow leopard census, conducted in 2021, estimated a stable population of approximately 953 individuals.