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Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by the climate crisis, while more than half of the world's bird species are in decline due to deforestation and agricultural expansion, a new assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has warned.
However, the IUCN's latest Red List of Threatened Species, released on Friday, also offers a glimmer of hope.
Green sea turtles have made a substantial recovery, a testament to decades of dedicated conservation efforts.
Rima Jabado, deputy chair of the IUCN Species Survival Commission,
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