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Endangered Species: Brazil is home to over 6% of the world's endangered species (). According to a species assessment conducted by the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species, 97 species have been identified in Brazil with vulnerable, lower risk/near threatened, endangered, or critically endangered standing (). In 2009, 769 endangered species have been identified, making Brazil the eighth country with the largest number of endangered species, yielding only to Ecuador, the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico, China, and Australia (). Much of this increase in Brazil as well as the countries it precedes is caused by rapid deforestation and industrialization. This has been noted by Carlos Minc, Brazil's Environment Minister, who further states that as protected areas are being populated by humans, these preservation areas are lacking the essential protection they need (). The changing environmental factors are largely responsible for the increase in the number of endangered species. Taking into account the large effects deforestation and industrialization has had, it becomes clear that by increasing regulation and policy, these detrimental effects can backtrack.