Telegraph: The study of more than 600 types of conifers -- trees and shrubs including cedars, cypresses and firs -- updates a "Red List" on which almost 21,000 of 70,000 species of animals and plants assessed in recent years are under threat.
"The overall picture is alarming," said Jane Smart, head of the biodiversity conservation group of the IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, grouping scientists, governments and environmental organisations.
The IUCN said in a report that 34 per...