Sentences with phrase «considered endangered»

Considered an endangered wood, as it largely comes from the heavily - logged Amazon area.

With few fluent speakers, some of these languages are considered endangered.

San Joaquin Kit Foxes (Vulpes macrotis mutica) are considered endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Sadly, sea otters are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

The newly discovered horned mountain toad found in Southern Vietnam's elfin forest is the smallest of its species — and is already considered endangered.

All of these species are considered endangered or critically endangered due to habitat destruction or poaching.

The American alligator Alligator mississippiensis was once considered endangered, but through protection plans, management, and captive propagation it has made a remarkable comeback.

The Florida black bear was considered an endangered species until 2012, and opponents of the hunt worry that progress might be reversed if hunting is promoted.

Southern right whale and western bowhead whale populations are depleted but appear to be recovering; this does not mean that they should no longer be considered endangered, but simply that they are doing much better than their cousins in terms of recovery.

A. Several whale populations are indisputably endangered, including western gray whales (eastern gray whales, which are the population of gray whales found on the Pacific coast of North America, are no longer considered endangered), eastern bowhead whales, North Atlantic and Pacific right whales, blue whales, and most humpback whales.

The Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) is native to the Cayman Islands, is still considered an endangered reptile species... and is not to be confused with the invasive green iguanas which are not endangered and are the bane of our existence.

Today, there are between 8,000 - 9,000 blue whales in the oceans, and they are considered an endangered species.

These sightings are quite rare as Blue Whales are considered an endangered species.

African penguin population numbers have dropped 60 % in the last 30 years and they are now considered Endangered.

While both species are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the new study deals with only Bornean orangutans living in Kalimantan.

Because osha is so difficult to cultivate on low land, the plant is often considered endangered.

A couple of the other species are considered endangered so it is important not to harvest this plant without being certain of which species is being harvested.

Although bearded vultures are not considered endangered worldwide, they have been almost completely extirpated from their historic central European range — the 125 breeding pairs in Spain are the result of 30 years of concerted repopulation efforts.

Inhabiting India and Southeast Asia, fishing cat populations are declining, and the species is considered endangered because of habitat loss and hunting for food and fur.

Unfortunately, palladium is one of several metallic elements considered endangered.

That the silver fir, which suffered severely from acid rain falls in the 1970s and 1980s and was considered endangered, is now an alternative native tree species for the future is both a positive and surprising finding, the scientists said.

«Global demand for ivory has long been a significant factor in the poaching of African and Asian elephants, driving these species towards extinction — to such a degree that both types of elephants are now considered endangered or protected species.»

However, two population segments recently were added as endangered by the IUCN — one in the Sea of Arabia, the other in Oceania — and it is likely that one or more of the newly identified populations in the North Pacific may be considered endangered, Baker said.

Marshallese isn't currently considered endangered.

The intersection of a flattening e-Book market and the changing face of what some consider an endangered public library system is also seeing the potential for greater e-Book lending via the library.

Not exact matches

There are 6 species of sloths in the world, and two of them are considered threatened — while the pygmy sloth is classified as critically endangered, the maned sloth is classified as vulnerable.

They include prohibitions on such things as hunting endangered species, paying below the minimum wage, or not documenting coffee transactions, and are considered «internationally accepted minimum standards for sustainability.»

Because eating an endangered species is considered, well, impolite at best, alligator meat was off the table for almost 20 years.

When Griffin was a rookie — and the runaway choice for rookie of the year — he average 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, which were nearly unprecedented numbers for a newcomer in the league, certainly considering how 20 - 10 players have become an endangered species in today's NBA.

Considering the health issues that endangered Holiday's daughter and wife, soccer star Lauren Holiday, it's great to see them happy.

Signed by Ola, the statement noted that, «As governor and chief security officer of the state, Chief Sylva considers the troop deployment as uncalled for and capable of endangering the people's fundamental human rights.»

(CNN)- Mark Pryor is considered one of the most endangered Democratic senators running for re-election this year, but a new poll has some good news for the two - term Arkansas lawmaker.

Two Atlantic Ocean coral species — elkhorn and staghorn — are listed as «threatened» under the Endangered Species Act, and NOAA is considering whether an additional 82 coral species also warrant some level of protection under the law because of threats from warming water, ocean acidification and pollution.

We also focussed on those considered to be the most endangered according to international classifications.

Conservation groups allege that the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Department of Energy failed to consider the spirit of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and also violated the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act.

Its distribution is very limited geographically, and it is considered as a critically endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature).

Among the 71 proposals being considered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Bangkok March 3 — 14 are four involving marine species.

Nearly a quarter of cetacean species are considered threatened, and of those more than 10 percent (nine species) are listed by the IUCN as «Endangered» or «Critically Endangered» — the highest categories of threat

What's more, trees and flowering plants in wetter forests not often considered to be at risk of drought are endangered by their profligacy with water.

The first comprehensive genetic study of humpback whale populations in the North Pacific Ocean has identified five distinct populations — at the same time a proposal to designate North Pacific humpbacks as a single «distinct population segment» is being considered under the Endangered Species Act.

In science news around the world, the European Commission proposes that the European Union consider funding military research, more investigations at Japanese universities cast doubts on claims for a leading hypertension drug, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials plan a culling of barred owls in the Pacific Northwest in hopes of saving the endangered northern spotted owl, and more.

These results have major implications for management strategies aimed at the recovery of Northwest Atlantic loggerheads and the projected recovery rates of this population, which is considered threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Eventually the birds make their way back, but for researchers like Botha and Kaltenecker, it's unnerving to consider the countless dangers the vultures — some of the most endangered creatures on the planet — encounter when they're outside the protective borders of the park.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service is considering listing the polar bear as a threatened species under the US Endangered Species Act.

Since the ESA was passed in 1973, officials have added 1135 plants and animals to their lists of endangered and threatened species and are currently considering adding 100 more.

«Considering that most of the critically endangered orangutan's habitat is disturbed by human activities, understanding the habitat elements required to ensure orangutan survival in degraded forests is key for their long - term survival,» added Marc Ancrenaz of HUTAN / Borneo Futures, a core project partner.

, I believe that physician - scientists should be considered «endangered» today only in their current state, not in the sense of permanent extinction.

They were removed from the endangered species in 1987 and are now considered abundant throughout their range in the southeastern U.S.

We therefore contend that these corals should be considered for assisted migration from their endangered, extreme habitats to the tropical Indo - Pacific.

The 48 - centimeter (19 - inch) tall black and white Galápagos penguins landed on the endangered species list in 2000 after the population plummeted to only a few hundred individuals and are now considered the rarest penguins in the world.