Giving Compass' Take:

• Research indicates that more than 1,200 species across our world could possibly go extinct due to threatened habitats from  human intervention such as agriculture, urbanization, and the effects of climate change. 

• What conservation efforts will do the most impact?  How can we be animal advocates for these species, while also trying to advance our own society?

• Learn about nonprofits working to protect our planet's species. 

More than 1,200 species globally face threats to their survival in more than 90% of their habitat and “will almost certainly face extinction” without conservation intervention, according to new research.

Scientists working with Australia’s University of Queensland and the Wildlife Conservation Society have mapped threats faced by 5,457 species of birds, mammals and amphibians to determine which parts of a species’ habitat range are most affected by known drivers of biodiversity loss.

The project is from the same team of researchers that found just five countries are responsible for 70% of the world’s remaining wilderness.

Read the full article on the possible extinction of our world's species by Lisa Cox at The Guardian.