Statistics are staggering. And frightening. Globally, more than 45,000 species are threatened with extinction, including 26% mammals, 41% amphibians, 12% birds, 37% sharks and rays, 21% reptiles, 34% conifers, 28% selected crustaceans, and 71% cycads, according to The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species(2024-1), the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species. And that’s why ...