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.

Created in 1964, the list has been hailed by many as a vital resource that has acted as a catalyst for species conservation. It has, however, also been criticised by some for its slow pace of assessment and data gaps. After nearly six decades, just 2% of the world’s species have been assessed, skewing toward well-known charismatic species such as big cats and apes, research has shown. Species listed as “data deficient” are twice as likely to be threatened but are less likely to get funding compared with species that have been assessed as threatened – with some arguing such species should be automatically classified as “ assumed threatened”.Progress has, thankfully, happened fast from a time where the word of white scientists was often taken more seriously than that of scientists of colour, says Sundar. However, IUCN assessments continue to take lessons learned in Europe or America, and impose them worldwide “We are now seeing what can only be called a colonial notion of conservation,” he says. She urged men to call out their friends and colleagues at the first signs of sexual violence, whether it’s catcalls or controlling behaviour of their partners. “No man is good if he does nothing to dismantle the society that privileges them so much,” she wrote this week in the newspaper Corriere della Sera. I never expected in my life that I would put 39 babies side by side on a bed, each with a different disease, and in this acute shortage of medical staff, of milk,” said Dr Tabasha. I don’t know when West last wandered along Shaftesbury Avenue and its environs in that magical light-filled half-hour before 7.30pm, when audiences start arriving at theatres for the evening performances. Gonzalez, who is co-chair of GEO BON, a global network of thousands of researchers dedicated to improving how biodiversity is measured, agrees that the red list remains one of the few historical sources that will continue to provide “incredibly valuable” data covering the past five decades. But on its own it is not fit for the purposes it is now required to perform, he adds.

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.2021.792925On Wednesday, a court in eastern Germany, where Turetta, 21, was arrested after his car broke down, said it had approved his extradition to Italy.