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In his new position, Morgan will oversee company strategy and work closely with the Edgerton brothers, who will take the position of joint CEOs. Morgan will take the role of executive chairman at the group, with aims to grow the business into the biggest e-commerce group in the UK.

A new paper co-authored by Hughes expresses a range of concerns that some scientists and conservationists on the frontline have about the red list, accusing it of providing assessments which can be unreliable and in some cases biased, while occupying an outsize role in global decision-making. AYBL has gone from strength-to-strength since we started it three years ago. Having recently added BOA to the group and expanded our HQ to meet growing demand, it feels like the perfect time to introduce Lewis’ wealth of expertise to the business, in what is sure to be an exciting new chapter. Yellowfin tuna … the fish are assessed as ‘least concern’ despite Indian Ocean fisheries plunging to the brink of collapse. Photograph: Giordano Cipriani/Getty ImagesRuben Dario Palacio, a biologist and the paper’s lead author, found first-hand how the red list can divert attention and funding from where conservationists believe it is needed most. There are populations and species that will decline or disappear because we are putting uncritical faith in a single all-powerful list Ruben Dario Palacio, biologist

A lowland streaked tenrec, a species found only on Madagascar. More than half the mammals on the island are on the IUCN red list. Photograph: Chien C Lee/PA The Edgerton brothers and Lewis Morgan first met at school, where they developed a longstanding friendship. Let’s say the IUCN red list disappears tomorrow. What instrument, what tool are we going to use to see if we’ve met our goals on threats to biodiversity?” says Ortuño-Crespo. “I think the best thing that we could do at this stage is have an honest, open conversation about what works really well on the IUCN red list and what works terribly. Just lay it all out. No judgment, no egos.”Awan S, Diwan MN, Aamir A, et al. Suicide in healthcare workers: Determinants, challenges, and the impact of COVID-19. Front Psychiatry. 2022;12:792925. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.792925 A jaguar in the Sierra de Vallejo in Nayarit, Mexico. While jaguars are labelled as not threatened, scientists say that assessment ignores vulnerable subpopulations. Photograph: Alejandro Prieto/2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Anyone who has watched a David Attenborough documentary will probably have encountered red-list assessments, intended as a “barometer of life”, showing the status of global biodiversity. The red list sorts the species of the world into nine categories of extinction risk, from “extinct” through “endangered” to “least concern”. The 25 authors share many concerns and offer a 19-point summary for improving conservation efforts. But they diverge widely in their prescriptions for how the IUCN red list’s role should change. Menon NK, Shanafelt TD, Sinsky CA, et al. Association of physician burnout with suicidal ideation and medical errors. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(12):e2028780. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.28780

For ocean experts the need for change is particularly evident, says Guillermo Ortuño-Crespo, co-chair of the IUCN high seas specialist group. The red list was primarily developed for terrestrial monitoring, later adapted for marine environments, and assessments systematically fail to reflect marine-specific threats, such as overfishing, meaning species such as yellowfin tuna are assessed as “least concern” despite Indian Ocean fisheries plunging to the brink of collapse, he says. The brothers teamed up with fashion influencer, Alice Cross, in June 2020 to form Because of Alice.

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Numerous species groups have been comprehensively assessed, and as such we have been able to make key findings concerning the world’s biodiversity,” he says. “For example, the IUCN Red List shows that 41% of amphibians, 27% of mammals, 21% of reptiles and 13% of birds are threatened.” Palacio says this was due to a flawed red list assessment – which did not assess population levels, nor explicitly consider key concerns, such as habitat fragmentation or the climate crisis. Instead of spending on the manakin, he was told the funds could go toward other species such as the Ruiz’s robber frog, a species that is already well-protected. Along with the limitations of listing itself, the authors say there is a problem with major organisations that favour funding for species in higher threatened categories.