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Published May
2002
LGVN Animal - Extinction
Mass
Extinction Now Underway
It is now
estimated that the earth is losing between 50,000 and 100,000 species
a year, according a leading conversationalist Dr Leakey.
This is twice
the estimate he gave six years ago. The current loss of species
parallels the last mass extinction 65 million years ago when the
dinosaurs disappeared. Mr Leakey says that preserving the planet
and conserving its wild life is now an absolute necessity.
In October 2000
IUCN published its Red List of threatened species, which also lists
those known to have died out.
See
LGVN Red List article
What
is the Red List and What is sustainable loss? ... See Here
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