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Don't Have a Cow
About 20 percent of farm-animal breeds* are endangered, says FAO |
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18 Dec 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Have a Cow About 20 percent of farm-animal breeds* are endangered, says FAO Word association time: What comes to mind when you think "endangered animals"? Odd-looking tropical frogs and obscure birds with funny names? Time to adjust your thinking: The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that one in five breeds of farm animal are in danger of extinction. Of more than 7,600 b ... |
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| Topics: food and agriculture, news, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics) |
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The Sound of One Species Clapping
Humans responsible for fastest rate of extinction since dinosaurs |
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22 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| The Sound of One Species Clapping Humans responsible for fastest rate of extinction since dinosaurs Human beings continue to dominate "Survivor: Earth," voting other species off the island at a blistering pace. "In effect, we are currently responsible for the sixth major extinction event in the history of earth, and the greatest since the dinosaurs disappeared, 65 million years ago," sums up the new U.N. ... |
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Ape Fear
New plan aims to save endangered great apes of Africa |
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01 Sep 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Ape Fear New plan aims to save endangered great apes of Africa Conservationists are angling to raise $30 million to stop gorillas and chimpanzees from going extinct in the wild within a human generation. The U.N. Environment Program's just-released "World Atlas of Great Apes and Their Conservation" reveals a poor prognosis for the survival of gorilla and chimp populations in Africa, where their tribulation ... |
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| Topics: Africa, news, United Nations, wildlife (all these topics) |
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