The Amazon Pink Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) is a very beautiful animal that lives in some of the Amazon Basin countries, as well as Bolivia’s Madeira River and Orinoco Basin.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the organization in charge of studying the conservation status of the world’s species, determined that the pink dolphin is even more threatened than previously thought. Therefore, it has gone from the category of “Vulnerable” to “Endangered” of extinction.
The IUCN Red List currently contains nine categories. From lowest to highest risk of extinction, they are: Not Evaluated (NE), Data Deficient (DD), Least Concern (LC), Near Threatened (NT), Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), Critically Endangered (CR). ), Extinct in the Wild (EW) and Extinct (EX).
The fact that the pink dolphin has entered the “Endangered” category means that since the last assessment, carried out in 2018, things have gotten much worse for the species in terms of habitat and survival.
According to the IUCN, the population of pink dolphins is declining, and considers that the greatest threats to their existence are the pollution of their habitat, residential and commercial development, mining, fishing, and war.
The contamination of water sources and flooded forests that pink dolphins frequently use as homes has increased considerably, and this has become the worst enemy of their survival.
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The inclusion of pink dolphins in the “Endangered” category implies that they have become one of the most endangered river dolphins in the world.
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) asked the governments of the region to prioritize the preservation of the species through strategies for the preservation of natural heritage.
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