World 'still losing biodiversity'
The International Union for Conservation of Nature reported on Thursday that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 are beginning to seem out of reach, AFP reported.Jean-Christophe Vie of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) told AFP the goal set by UN parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010 would clearly not be met.The Swiss-based IUCN issued a report on Thursday saying Earth was hurtling towards a mass extinction.It said that 869 out of 44,838 species on the IUCN's famous "Red List" are considered to be extinct or extinct in the wild.It also showed that if 290 critically endangered species that are tagged as possibly extinct are included in the list, it raises the tally to 1,159.Issues such as habitat loss, fungal infection and other risks could potentially wipe out a third of amphibians around the world.Extinction threatens more than one in eight birds, with Brazil, Indonesia and oceanic islands in the le
World 'still losing biodiversity'
Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from BBC News
World 'still losing biodiversity', Thu 2 Jul 09 from BBC News
2010 species pledge set to fail: conservationists
The world's paramount authority on species loss has warned that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 were running into the sand.
Thu 2 Jul 09 from PhysOrg
More than 800 wildlife species now extinct
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation ...
Wed 1 Jul 09 from Reuters
Group: World failing to halt biodiversity decline
GENEVA (AP) -- Governments are failing to stem a rapid decline in biodiversity that is now threatening extinction for almost half the world's coral reef species, a third of amphibians and a ...
Wed 1 Jul 09 from AP
Governments Fail To Meet 2010 Biodiversity Goal
The International Union for Conservation of Nature reported on Thursday that pledges to roll back the threat to biodiversity by 2010 are beginning to seem out of reach, AFP reported.Jean-Christophe ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from RedOrbit
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