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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Conservation 自然保育 >>  >700 Threatened Species Remain Unprotected
        
(Message started by: Project Officer on Sep 16^th, 2003, 1:44am)

Title: >700 Threatened Species Remain Unprotected
Post by Project Officer on Sep 16^th, 2003, 1:44am

For members' information:

Join press release September 11, 2003 (Durban, South Africa)

Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International
IUCN – The World Conservation Union
World Commission on Protection Areas

More Than 700 Threatened Species Remain Completely Unprotected, New Study Shows

… At least 223 bird, 140 mammal and 346 amphibian species threatened with extinction currently have no protection whatsoever over any part of their ranges, according to the most comprehensive analysis of its kind of the world’s protected area system…

...The world's 1,183 threatened species, mapped and assessed by BirdLife International, were also analysed, revealing 223 gap species. Though birds are the best-studied group, close to 20% of threatened species have absolutely no protection. The largest concentration of unprotected birds is found in the Andes and Indonesia. Critically Endangered birds species without current protection include the Yellow-eared Parrot (Ogmorhynchs icterotis) which has fewer than 150 known individuals remaining and is found only in the Colombian Andes, and the Caerulean Paradise-flycatcher (Eutrichomyias rowleyi) of which less than 100 individuals are known to exist, only only Indonesia's Sangihe Island…

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http://www.hkbws.org.hk/fileServer/Projectofficer/pr11092003.pdf