Endangered Ecosystems Mapping
December 13th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Conservation
Scientists are in the midst of creating a strategy that will help us to better understand and map threatened ecosystems. An international working group of biologists and conservation experts from the IUCN has been developing a ‘red list’ system to spot vanishing ecosystems caused by everything from climate change to...
Tags: Climate Change, Conservation, ecosystem, IUCN, Red List
October 27th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley in Endangered Species
A study just publicized by the IUCN confirms that there is a current global extinction crisis with one-fifth of our world’s vertebrate (backboned) animal species threatened. The...
Tags: biodiversity, black footed ferret, Conservation, crisis, E O Wilson, extinction, IUCN, Nagoya, Red List
August 5th, 2010 by Alison Wheatley and Caitlin Hill in Endangered Species
British Columbia is the most biologically diverse province in Canada, with two dozen unique mammal species in an array of habitats, according to the Si...
Tags: BC, Blue list, ecosystems, endangered, legislation, Ministry of Environment, preservation, Red List, Sierra Club, species, Species at Risk
June 7th, 2010 by Susie Hill in Endangered Species
The Alaotra Grebe of Madagascar is the latest addition to a growing list of extinct bird species. According to The Guardian, the Wetland bird was drive...
Tags: Alaotra Grebe, Birdlife International, birds, IUCN, National Zoo, Red List, White-Naped Crane, Zapata Rail
