Brazil managed to reduce the number of species threatened with extinction in both flora and fauna, from 47.4 percent of endangered plant species in 2014 to 42.7 percent in 2022, while endangered animals fell from 9.8 percent to 9 percent in the same period, according to a comprehensive study released by the government.
The state-run Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released the study based on the fauna list drawn up by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio) and the flora list drawn up by the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden (JBRJ), which . . .
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