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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Emma Farge

Nearly 10% of marine life threatened with extinction -Red List

FILE PHOTO: "Wuru," a four-year-old female Dugong, swims in her tank at the Sydney Aquarium June 4, 2009. Dugongs graze on sea grass in tropical waters and are sometimes labelled "Sea cows" although their closest living relative is the elephant. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne

The effects of human activity from climate change to pollution are "devastating" marine life, with nearly a tenth of underwater plants and animals assessed so far threatened with extinction, the latest Red List of Threatened Species showed on Friday.

The report's release coincides with a U.N. summit on nature in Montreal where the U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has urged countries to end an "orgy of destruction" and pass a deal to halt and reverse habitat loss.

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