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asianews (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
An international survey by environmental scientists reports at least one-quarter of the world’s wild mammal species are at risk of extinction. Ella, a 47-day-old California sea lion pup, takes one of her first swim lessons with Samantha Sanford, marine mammal supervisor for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, on Friday, 01 Aug. 2008, in Vallejo, Calif The Swiss-based [...]
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findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
A comprehensive five-year survey of almost 5,500 mammal species has found that about half are in decline, and more than 1,100 face extinction.
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Dissensus (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Deliberately (and admittedly so) provocative article here but is he right? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/08/features.comment ---Quote--- There are 5,487 known species of land mammals, but 1,141 are at risk of extinction, a report has just revealed. That's well over 20%....
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Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Approximately one in four species of land mammal and one in three marine mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a major new study carried out by some 1,800 scientists in 130 countries. The results, in the form...
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Jo Hayes (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Although a member of a Least Concern Species (widespread and abundant), I am plunged in gloom by the news that the latest Red List of Threatened Species (published by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature) says at least 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction. Which is for ever. It is due to loss of habitat, including deforestation, which is the result of our own...
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Mission & Justice (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Ben Cubby; 7/10/08 The world is facing an animal exctinction crisis, with Australia a key culprit, the largest assessment of biodiversity ever undertaken shows. One in five Australian mammal species is in danger of dying out, the highest proportion of any developed country, the global survey of more than 44,000 animal and plant species found. The [...]
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Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
As if being on the endangered species list isn't bad enough, thousands of species including the Giant Panda, chimpanzee, sea otter and Mountain Gorilla just got some more bad news.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A quarter of the world's wild-mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here Monday...
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A survey, released in Barcelona at the World Conservation Congress, evaluates the status of the world's 5,487 mammal species. The prognosis is not good. At least one-quarter of the world's mammal species in the wild are threatened with extinction, according to an international survey released Monday that blames the loss of wildlife habitat as well as hunting and poaching for the steep declines.
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DV Hardware (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
The Red List of Threatened Species claims populations of more than half of mammalian species are falling and that at least 25% are at risk of extinction: The Red List of Threatened Species says populations of more than half of mammalian species are falling, with Asian primates particularly at risk. The biggest threat to mammals is loss of habitat, including deforestation. But there is good news for...
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Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
At least 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to the first assessment of their status for a decade. The Red List of Threatened Species says populations of more than half of mammalian species are falling, with Asian primates particularly at risk. The biggest threat to mammals is loss of habitat, including deforestation. Story at the BBC Read the comments on this post...
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Views from the Emerald Isle (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
At least a quarter of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction , according to a first assessment of their status for a decade. The Red List of Threatened Species says populations of more than half of mammalian species are falling, with Asian primates particularly at risk. The biggest threat to mammals is loss of habitat, including deforestation. But there is good news for the African elephant...
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matthewgood (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
How does one react to the fact that, according to the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, 25% of mammals on this planet are at risk of extinction? That’s one quarter of all mammals on earth. How in the hell did we allow it to come to this? That there would be a time in [...]
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ENN: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Barcelona, Spain — Marine mammals, such as the Narwhal and Irawaddy dolphin, and land mammals, such as tree kangaroos were confirmed to be closer to extinction by IUCN’s updated Red List of Threatened Species. The Red List ranks species according to their population status and threat levels. It shows the effects that habitat loss and degradation, over-exploitation, pollutants and climate change are...
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www.OSIR.org.in (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Washington (dbTechno) - According to a new survey of the 5,487 mammal species in the world, one in four, or 25% of them face extinction. Over the course of the past five years, a survey has been conducted on the mammal species around the world. The Source: www.dbtechno.com Charities put ministers in the dock [...]
