Sentences with phrase «most endangered»

Nearly 50 homes have been torn down, half in the last three years, earning it a spot on the National Trust's 2006 list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

As Hurricane Irma bears down on Florida, an Associated Press analysis shows a steep drop in flood insurance across the state, including the areas most endangered by what could be a devastating storm surge.

It has appeared on the Providence Preservation Society's list of most endangered properties list since 2009.

Australian Indigenous performance traditions, among the oldest in the world, are also among the most endangered.

Star - hunting technology designed to pick out galaxies in the night sky is being repurposed to spot poachers who are threatening the world's most endangered animals.

Let's start with Sony, the most endangered species in the Android realm.

Soon after this breakthrough, researchers applied Yamanaka's technique to cells from the world's most endangered rhino — the northern white.

Spotted owls are the most endangered bird in Canada.

Japan's proposal to remove small cetaceans from the agenda was dismissed, allowing the IWC to maintain competency over the world's small whales and dolphins, the most endangered marine mammals.

Over the years, it has faced multiple threats from proposed open - pit coal mines, gold mines and oil and gas drilling, prompting American Rivers to name it one of the nation's Most Endangered Rivers in 2009.

The black footed ferret is only the most endangered species in N AM, not extinct.

A 13,000 head dairy concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) to be sited next to Minidoka has landed it on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of American's Most Endangered Historic Places.

Prior to the discovery, fewer than 1,000 grey - shanked doucs were known to exist, making them one of the 25 most endangered primates on the planet.

Being named as one of America's Most Endangered Rivers is not an end for the river, but rather a beginning.

Making matters worse, rhinos are among the most endangered species — with many populations facing near extinction.Rhino Horns Are Believed to be Medicine According to The Times, the unusually high number of rhinos being imported to China is the subject of a report to be presented at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, meeting next weekend.

The photographers recently spent five weeks in the highlands of Ethiopia documenting the lives of the most endangered canid on the planet.

The America's Most Endangered Rivers report, now in its 24th year, highlights the rivers facing the most uncertain futures rather than those suffering from the worst chronic problems.

America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2009 are: # 1: Sacramento - San Joaquin River System (CA) Threat: Outdated water and flood management The largest watershed in California is on the verge of collapse, threatening the water supply for more than 26 million people, placing the capital of the nation's most populous state at high risk of flooding, and damaging a once productive and healthy ecosystem that supported the nation's most diverse salmon runs.

This one of the five most endangered ecosystems on Earth (much more endangered than even the Amazon rain forest).

America's 10 Most Endangered Rivers Of 2009 Biggest Dam Removal Project In History Will Restore Health of Klamath River

Welcome American Rivers Council - And «Tear Down That Iron Gate... America's Most Endangered Rivers of 2008 On World Rivers Day, Take Time To Appreciate What Rivers Give Us... Strengthening The Resiliency Of Communities In The Face Of Global...

Cross River gorillas rank among the world's most endangered and elusive species.

via: BBC News Endangered Species Expansion of One Mammal Species Leading to Extinction of 1000 Others 10 Animals That Will be Extinct Within Your Lifetime (Slideshow) 25 Most Endangered Primate Species Could Fit Into a Single Football Stadium

Their birth is great news because: «Snow leopards are among the world's most endangered big cats with an estimated 3,500 - 6,500 remaining in the wild.

Things looked bleak for the world's most endangered crocodilian species.

«Every birth is an important step towards achieving our vision to see the mountain gorillas move from being one of the the world's most endangered species to being some of the world's most protected animals,» said CEO of Rwandan Development Board John Gara, who gave the opening remarks.

Via: Wildlife Conservation Society More about endangered species: Which 10 Countries Have the Most Endangered Species?»

via: Dot Earth Endangered Species 10 Animals That Will Be Extinct Within Your Lifetime (Slideshow) 25 Most Endangered Primate Species Could «Fit Into Single Football Stadium» Threatened Iberian Lynx Mama Gives Birth to Three Kittens - Population Up 1.5 %

The teachers» frontline engagement makes for a unique opportunity to examine the current state of the islands, and to delve into the inner workings behind the preservation efforts on one of the world's most famed — and most endangered — ecosystems.

Scientists Highlight Top 25 Threatened Primates Today, scientists concerned about the precarious state of primate populations gathered to highlight the 25 most endangered species.

There are other harmful, outdated dams that need to be torn down — Condit Dam on the White Salmon River (one of America's Most Endangered Rivers for 2007), two dams on the Elwha River, and dams on the Klamath and lower Snake rivers.

According to IUCN, there is a global population estimate of only around 888-1064 individuals, making it one of the most endangered duck species in the world.

«The kinds of sites that are most endangered have rapid development like building roads or hotels to deal with an influx of tourists.»

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Veteran National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore has made a career out of capturing beautiful pictures of some of the world's most endangered animals — but it turns out, they aren't the easiest subjects to work with.

Mountain gorillas rank among the world's most endangered species, numbering just around 800 in the forests of Africa, so any gorilla baby births are a cause for celebration.

The organisation has published a list of the 100 most endangered sites, which includes neighbourhoods in New Orleans, the Church of the Holy Nativity in Bethlehem, areas of Iraq and Machu Picchu in Peru.

TreeHugger ranked the islands as one of the world's most endangered lands soon after.

But poachers, invasive species and engineering projects have made it one of the most endangered rivers.

In 2004, the former power station was listed among the world's 100 Most Endangered Sites.

With only 3,000 left in the wild, tigers are among the most endangered animals on the planet.

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Make a symbolic gorilla adoption to help save some of the world's most endangered animals from extinction and support WWF's conservation efforts.

Hammerhead meat has a very low value but the sharks are among the most endangered species because their fins are highly prized for the Asian delicacy shark - fin soup.

These 76 orcas — also known as the southern resident killer whales — are Canada's most endangered marine mammal.

The human suffering in Rwanda during the 1990s was incalculable, but without intervention the victims of war might have included a group of humanity's most endangered relatives mountain gorillas.

JAKARTA — The Javan rhinoceros, one of the world's most endangered species, continues to persevere in its last remaining sanctuary, the latest census from the Indonesian government has found.

The America's Most Endangered Rivers ® report is one of the best - known and longest - lived annual reports in the environmental movement.

These are the last remaining rainforests in Nigeria and are home to 2,400 native forest communities comprising 1.5 million people, the highest primate diversity on the planet — including the world's most endangered gorillas, and an estimated 20 percent of the world's butterfly species.

American Rivers reviews nominations for the America's Most Endangered Rivers report from river groups and concerned citizens across the country.