Two scientists from the
University of California, Davis have told
New Scientist that the "
Red List" of
endangered species prepared by the Swiss-based
IUCN should be modified to
incorporate the risks posed by human populations...
Alexander Harcourt + Sean Parks, who reassessed the ranking of
200 primates from the 1996 Red List, believe the
tufted-ear marmoset + the golden lion tamarin, were too low on the risk list and that the
gorilla + pygmy chimpanzee were too high.
A spokesman for the IUCN said "We've been asked by everyone,
please don't change the system again"...