Sweden will add the otter to its Red Book due to a decline in their…
Sweden will add the otter to its Red Book due to a decline in their population. The Swedish government has updated its list of animal and plant species under state protection.
Consensus
- The Swedish government has updated its national Red List to include hedgehogs and eels for the first time.
- Hedgehog populations have significantly declined over the past ten years in Sweden.
- The new list includes more than 230 species, compared to about 300 in the previous version.
- There has been an increase in the number of protected insects, fungi, and lichens in the updated list.
- The number of protected plant species has decreased in the revised Red List.
Points of divergence
- Eels were included in the Red List due to a sharp decline in their population over the last decade. — vesti
- The updated list includes many other pollinating insects, such as wasps and butterflies. — vm
- There are plans to selectively cull saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan due to complaints from local farmers about crop damage, based on scientific findings. — vm
- A full-scale campaign against beavers was launched in Poland at the end of September 2024 due to severe flooding in southern regions. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- Sweden adds otters and eels to the Red List for the first time — Вести
- Sweden to add hedgehogs to the Red Book due to population decline — Вечерняя Москва