Editing IUCN Red List (section)

===2012 release===
The Red List of 2012 was released 19 July 2012 at [[United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development|Rio+20 Earth Summit]];<ref name="CNNrio">{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/19/world/rio-red-list-extinction-species/index.html|title=Extinction threat 'a call to world leaders' at Rio Earth Summit|author=Matthew Knight|date=19 June 2012|work=CNN |access-date=13 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622011512/http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/19/world/rio-red-list-extinction-species/index.html|archive-date=22 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> nearly 2,000 species were added,<ref name="RedList2000">{{cite web|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-06-19/iucn-red-list-update-nearly-2000-species-added|title=IUCN Red List update: Nearly 2,000 species added|author=Jessica Phelan|work=www.pri.org|date=19 June 2012|access-date=13 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116221334/https://www.pri.org/stories/2012-06-19/iucn-red-list-update-nearly-2000-species-added|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> with 4 species to the extinct list, 2 to the rediscovered list.<ref name="IUCN2012">{{cite web|url=http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/iucn-2012.html#cr|title=IUCN 2012 update – 4 species extinct – 2 rediscovered – Food security waning|work=wildlifeextra.com|date=19 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042748/http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/iucn-2012.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=14 November 2018}}</ref> The IUCN assessed a total of 63,837 species which revealed 19,817 are threatened with extinction.<ref name="RedListReport">{{cite news|url=http://planetsave.com/2012/06/20/the-red-list-of-threatened-species-annual-report-released-video/|title=The Red List Of Threatened Species, Annual Report Released|author=James Ayre|work=planetsave.com|date=20 June 2012|access-date=13 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110212702/http://planetsave.com/2012/06/20/the-red-list-of-threatened-species-annual-report-released-video/|archive-date=10 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> 3,947 were described as "critically endangered" and 5,766 as "endangered", while more than 10,000 species are listed as "vulnerable".<ref>The list is queryable at: {{Cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/en|title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|website=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> At threat are 41% of amphibian species, 33% of reef-building corals, 30% of conifers, 25% of mammals, and 13% of birds.<ref name="RedListReport"/> The IUCN Red List has listed 132 species of plants and animals from India as "Critically Endangered".<ref name="IndiaRedList">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3551664.ece?homepage=true|title=Red list has 132 species of plants, animals from India|author=K.S. Sudhi|date=21 June 2012|work=thehindu.com|access-date=13 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624201524/http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/article3551664.ece?homepage=true|archive-date=24 June 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>