The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) cautioned in a report released on Monday that the loss of habitat brought on by human activity threatens to wipe out over 400 species that have only recently been found in Asia’s Greater Mekong region.
The findings were made during a two-year period from 2021 to 2022 by an international team of scientists and researchers working across five countries in the huge biodiverse region, including an orchid that resembles a “Muppet Show” figure.
According to K. Yoganand, WWF’s Greater Mekong regional wildlife lead, “These remarkable species may be novel to science, but they have endured and evolved in the region for millions of years, reminding us humans that they were there a very long time before our species moved into this region.”
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) cautioned in a report released on Monday that the loss of habitat brought on by human activity threatens to wipe out over 400 species that have only recently been found in Asia’s Greater Mekong region.
The findings were made during a two-year period from 2021 to 2022 by an international team of scientists and researchers working across five countries in the huge biodiverse region, including an orchid that resembles a “Muppet Show” figure.
According to K. Yoganand, WWF’s Greater Mekong regional wildlife lead, “These remarkable species may be novel to science, but they have endured and evolved in the region for millions of years, reminding us humans that they were there a very long time before our species moved into this region.”