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Red List: 25% of the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction (1 post)

  1. chrisc
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    I'm sure this is an underestimate...

    This year's Red List looks at 5,487 mammals, and concludes that 1,141 are currently on the path towards disappearance.

    This may be an under-estimate, the authors caution, as there is not enough data to make an assessment in more than 800 cases. The true figure could be nearer to one- third.

    "Within our lifetime, hundreds of species could be lost as a result of our own actions, a frightening sign of what is happening to the ecosystems where they live," said Julia Marton-Lefevre, director-general of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) which publishes the Red List.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7651981.stm

    The Red List is here: http://www.iucnredlist.org/

    Posted 16 years ago #

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