In 2018, conservation measures improved the status of 13 animal species worldwide, but in every 2019 assessment where a species' status changed, the species declined.
Sources
- Learn how species that faced extinction are bouncing back (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/from-over-100000-species-assessments-in-iucn-update-zero-improvements/ (news.mongabay.com)
- https://iucn.org/news/species/201811/fin-whale-mountain-gorilla-recovering-thanks-conservation-action-iucn-red-list (iucn.org)
- https://iucn.org/content/conservation-successes-overshadowed-more-species-declines-iucn-red-list-update (iucn.org)