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Published May
2002
LGVN Animal - Extinction
The
Future is Red
The most
comprehensive analysis of global conservation ever was recently
published in 2001 by the World Conservation Union.
The Red List
of Threatened Species describes over 11,000 animals and plants,
which are soon likely to disappear forever. Of these plants and
animals at risk of extinction, over 1,000 are in Central / South
America and Mexico, where poverty, logging and poaching shrink habitats
and decimate species, according to the study.
It is now estimated
that the current extinction rate is up to 10,000 times higher than
it should be under natural conditions.
Of course the
main reason for such devastaing results is the human race - being
the non-integeral "element" of the planet - which has destroyed
the natural balance of Earth's biodiversity. Deforestation, over-fishing,
agriculture, poaching, pollution and global warming are all causing
disastrous effects and overall instability througout the world.
Find
out more about the Red List and the meaning of "sustainable
loss" here
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