Climate change or human activities? Scientists debate threats to Komodo dragons of Indonesia

A Komodo dragon is seen in the Komodo National Park, East Nusa Tenggara. Komodo is an endemic animal to Indonesia. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA, Oct 3 (Jakarta Post/ANN): The recent move by Switzerland-based organisation the International Union for Conservation (IUCN), to list Komodo dragons, the world’s largest living lizards, as one of the world’s endangered species should be further scrutinized, Indonesian scientists have said.

The IUCN, in the latest edition of the “Red List of Threatened Species” published in early September, moved the Komodo dragons to endangered status, which the organization reserves for species facing threats of extinction in the wild.