Freshwater species will be extinct soon

In the face of pollution, climate change and the spread of urbanization, freshwater species are in danger of extinction six times faster than their fellow " brothers " on land and sea, warning. recently by scientists.

The warning came before the conference of a group of global experts on Diversitas biodiversity in Cape Town, South Africa on October 13. This conference will set new goals to slow the extinction rate of species.

Endangered freshwater species are six times faster than land and sea ' brothers ' (Photo: listverse.files)

According to scientists from Diversitas biodiversity specialist group, animal extinction rates are much higher than forecast only a few years ago. The worst affected are fish, frogs, turtles and freshwater crocodiles.

Some experts of this group also predicted that no river in China will be discharged into the sea by 2025, except for the time of flooding. According to them, world leaders have failed to implement the necessary policy to do well on the commitments made at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg seven years ago, with the goal of significantly reducing loss of biodiversity in 2010.