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Some great conservation news | Scimitar-horned oryx ‘back from the brink”, literally

On December 11th, 2023, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species announced the scimitar-horned oryx has been reclassified from Extinct in the Wild to ‘Endangered’. The downlisting of the oryx marks a milestone in one of the most ambitious conservation programs ever undertaken and contributes to putting the Sahara and the Sahel more firmly on the global conservation agenda. After nine years of the world’s most ambitious species reintroduction program, once ‘Extinct in the...