May 10, 2016
Inger Andersen, IUCN Director General;
Didier Leroy, Executive Vice President of Toyota Motor Corporation;
Jane Smart, Global Director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group
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May 10, 2016
New IUCN-Toyota partnership to expand knowledge of threats to global biodiversity
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) today announced a five-year partnership to provide funding to broaden the scope of The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. This will significantly increase knowledge on the extinction risk of more than 28,000 species, including many that are key food sources for a significant portion of the global population.