The Slow Loss
Over the past 10 years, more than 160 species of animals have become extinct. It is a slow and steady loss, but the extinction rate is increasing every year, and is bound to grow even further.
In 1964 the IUCN, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, established the "Red List", which collects information on the conservation of terrestrial animal and plant species, in order to obtain a health map of our planet’s biodiversity. Each species is ranked according to its degree of danger: vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, and extinct.
This diptych shows the species of endangered birds and fishes in Italy, according to the IUCN's "Red list". For each animal, the following are indicated: common name, order, degree of danger, size and habitat.
Visualization by Michela Lazzaroni for La Lettura, Corriere della Sera.
Published: 9th May, 25th October 2021.
