http://www.wikio.com/search=danger of extinction Wikio - danger of extinction http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68323268 EarthJustice Findings illustrate danger of Bush proposal to dump Endangered Species Act August 13, 2008 Seattle, WA — A new draft biological opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service has found that three commonly-used agricultural pesticides are increasing the chance of extinction for 28 different threatened and endangered salmon stocks. The assessment by the federal fisheries service [...] Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:19:45 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68323268 2008-08-20T04:19:45Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68221519 In just 30 years time a quarter of all animals, and a similar number of birds, are expected to disappear off the face of the Earth. Gone forever, and with them, our knowledge of their place in evolutionary history. Or possibly not… Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:30:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68221519 2008-08-18T15:30:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68103038 An unsteady market, limited sources of capital and rising material costs have led to many handicraft households in the central provinces of Thua Thien Hue and Quang Nam to look for new jobs. Despite Government efforts to preserve and expand the handicrafts sector across the country, as well as to help provide new jobs for the increasing ranks of landless farmers, concerns have been raised that Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:14:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68103038 2008-08-18T11:14:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68046737 With Yearbook Yourself you can upload a photo of yourself and then see what you would look like in yearbook photos from the 1950’s through 1990’s. 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[...] Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:25:24 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=68049993 2008-08-17T21:25:24Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67750620 ANIMAL rights activists want the Federal Government to impose a moratorium on kangaroo shooting, saying they are might be wiped out in some areas. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67750620 2008-08-14T14:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67738113 Kampala - Ugandan chimpanzee Zakayo, the star attraction at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) near Kampala, is scheduled to cut a cake on Friday as he turns 44. The ageing primate, who will share a birthday drink with well- wishers, was plu... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:01:56 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67738113 2008-08-14T13:01:56Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67624542 It's flank speed against shark fishing for Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - announcing a new partnership with Lush to raise global awareness of the plight of sharks and publicly shame the Queensland Fisheries Department (DPI&F) proposal to open a dedicated finfish fishery on the Great Barrier Reef. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:44:14 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67624542 2008-08-13T14:44:14Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67637231 An environmental group has called on Taiwan's government to protect one of the most endangered dolphins in the world. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:01:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67637231 2008-08-13T14:01:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67604810 "FORTY years ago conservationists feared that humpback whales were being hunted to extinction. Now numbers have returned to such a level that they have been taken off the danger list." At least that is one of the good news stories... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:54:11 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67604810 2008-08-13T10:54:11Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67566908 Source: Reuters TAIPEI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - An environmental group on Wednesday called on Taiwan's government to protect one of the most endangered dolphins in the world, a day after a world conservation body listed ... Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:53:27 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67566908 2008-08-13T07:53:27Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67588847 13/8/08 After being hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have bounced back so well that most are nearly clear of danger. This success for whales in a world of continuing species loss is also being claimed as a win by whalers, who advocate a renewed humpback kill. The shift came in the Red List [...] Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:59:43 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67588847 2008-08-13T04:59:43Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67507243 Do you go through so many guitars that you fear you might be harming the environment? If so, Pete Townshend, we may have found the perfect instruments for you. The latest issue of Plenty Magazine lists three non-planet-killing guitars that... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:45:38 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67507243 2008-08-12T15:45:38Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67505417 Some large whale species such as the humpback, minke and southern right whale are recovering from a threat of extinction, helped by curbs on hunts since the 1980s, the world's largest conservation network said on Tuesday.A review of cetaceans -- about 80 types of whales, dolphins and porpoises -- showed almost a quarter were in danger, mostly small species. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:41:44 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67505417 2008-08-12T15:41:44Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67539387 After being hunted to the brink of extinction, humpback whales have bounced back so well that most are nearly clear of danger. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:00:01 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67539387 2008-08-12T14:00:01Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67427346 Forty years ago conservationists feared that humpback whales were being hunted to extinction. Now numbers have returned to such a level that they have been taken off the danger list. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67427346 2008-08-11T23:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67284146 LONDON, England (CNN) -- Almost 50 percent of the world's primates are in danger of extinction, according to a report from an international conservation group that cites habitat destruction and hunting as the two greatest threats. The golden-headed lion tamarin has been brought back from the edge of extinction. The situation is especially dire in Asia, where the report says more than 70 percent of monkeys, apes, and other primates are classified as vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered. "We've raised concerns for years about primates being in peril, but now we have solid data to show the situation is far more severe than we imagined," said Russell Mittermeier, president of Conservation International and chairman of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group. "Tropical forest destruction has always been the main cause, but now it appears that hunting is just as serious a threat in some areas, even where the habitat is still quite intact," he said. The report from Conservation International, issued at this week's International Primatological Society Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, looked at the world's 634 kinds of primates, mankind's closest relatives. Conservation International funded the review along with the Margot Marsh Biodiversity Foundation, Disney's Animal Kingdom, and the Swiss-based IUCN, or International Union for Conservation of Nature. The report found that about 90 percent of primate species in Vietnam and Cambodia were at risk of extinction. Populations of gibbons, leaf monkeys, langurs and other species had dwindled, the report said, because of "rampant habitat loss exacerbated by hunting for food and to supply the wildlife trade in traditional Chinese medicine and pets." Jean-Christophe Vie, deputy head of the IUCN Species Program, called the situation in southeast Asia terrifying. "To have a group of animals under such a high level of threat is, quite frankly, unlike anything we have recorded among any other group of species to date," he said in a news release. Great apes like gorillas and bonobos still faced challenges in Africa, the report said, but it was the smaller primates -- such as the red colobus monkey, with its striking white, black and rust-colored coat -- that could die out first. In Africa, 11 of the 13 kinds of red colobus monkeys assessed in the report were listed as critically endangered or endangered, and two may already be extinct, the report said. Bouvier's red colobus has not been seen in 25 years, and despite occasional sightings, no primatologist has recorded a living Miss Waldron's red colobus since 1978, the report says. Primates are important to the health of their surrounding ecosystems, the report's authors say, supporting a wide range of plant and animal life in the world's tropical forests. Healthy forests, in turn, provide vital resources for local human populations. Reforestation is crucial to restoring primate populations because it restores their habitat, the report said. It cites the cases of the black lion tamarin and golden lion tamarin in Brazil, which were downgraded from critically endangered to endangered after three decades of conservation efforts. "If you have forests, you can save primates," said Anthony Rylands, a scientist with Conservation International and the deputy chair of the IUCN Primate Specialist Group. "The work with lion tamarins shows that conserving forest fragments and reforesting to create corridors that connect them is not only vital for primates, but offers the multiple benefits of maintaining healthy ecosystems and water supplies while reducing greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change." Original here Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:08:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67284146 2008-08-10T15:08:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67252736 Almost half of the world's primates are in danger of becoming extinct because of uncontrolled hunting and the destruction of their forest habitats. Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:10:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67252736 2008-08-10T07:10:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67163482 LONDON, England (CNN) -- Almost 50 percent of the world's primates are in danger of extinction, according to a report from an international conservation group ... Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:18:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67163482 2008-08-08T23:18:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67000749 By BEN MCCONVILLE By Ben McConville The Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland Can there be more lurking in the mist? Despite a startling find announced Tuesday that doubled the estimated number of western lowland gorillas in central Africa, scientists warned that hundreds of primate species remain in danger of extinction. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:00:46 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/danger+of+extinction?rinfoid=67000749 2008-08-07T17:00:46Z