It is a highly anticipated census.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published this Saturday noon, on the occasion of its world congress in Marseille, its "red list of threatened species".
And nearly 30% of the species studied are threatened.
Among them, the Komodo dragons, "in danger", the climate being in question.
But also 37% of shark species, due to overfishing.
Since 1964, IUCN experts have classified, species by species on a scale of nine categories (from those that do not cause concern to a definitive "extinct") tens of thousands of animals, plants and living organisms.
The organization's experts have, over the years, assessed and reassessed nearly 135,000 species, nearly 28% of which are now considered threatened.
“The trends show that we are 100 to 1000 times above normal extinction rates.
(...) If the increase continued at this rate, we will soon be faced with a major crisis, ”explains AFP Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the department which manages the Red List at IUCN.
This barometer of the destruction of our environment is for the first time accompanied by a “green list”, listing conservation successes.