In Italy we need to put an end to journalism that still emphasises the point of view of the murderer, explaining what motivated him to kill a woman,” said Menecali. “This kind of narrative carries on legitimising femicide as a reaction to a woman’s behaviour.”

Rather than involving feminist associations and anti-violence centres, the project is being coordinated by a psychologist who has previously negated the existence of gender-based violence, said Silvia Menecali, a member of D.i.Re, the Women Against Violence Network. Ruben Dario Palacio, a biologist and the paper’s lead author, found first-hand how the red list can divert attention and funding from where conservationists believe it is needed most. There are populations and species that will decline or disappear because we are putting uncritical faith in a single all-powerful list Ruben Dario Palacio, biologist The brothers teamed up with fashion influencer, Alice Cross, in June 2020 to form Because of Alice.Anyone who has watched a David Attenborough documentary will probably have encountered red-list assessments, intended as a “barometer of life”, showing the status of global biodiversity. The red list sorts the species of the world into nine categories of extinction risk, from “extinct” through “endangered” to “least concern”.

There are other conscious animal species as well, but human consciousness is different than animal consciousness. The Edgerton brothers and Lewis Morgan first met at school, where they developed a longstanding friendship. 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.2021.792925 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. Along with the limitations of listing itself, the authors say there is a problem with major organisations that favour funding for species in higher threatened categories.For ocean experts the need for change is particularly evident, says Guillermo Ortuño-Crespo, co-chair of the IUCN high seas specialist group. The red list was primarily developed for terrestrial monitoring, later adapted for marine environments, and assessments systematically fail to reflect marine-specific threats, such as overfishing, meaning species such as yellowfin tuna are assessed as “least concern” despite Indian Ocean fisheries plunging to the brink of collapse, he says.