Sentences with phrase «say face extinction»

Australia's bid to wage war against cats has everything to do with efforts to preserve dozens of its native species that authorities say face extinction due to the predatory behavior of the cats, among them the golden bandicoot, the numbat and the mountain pygmy - possum.

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But that is quite different from saying that Christianity as such faces extinction in the region, or that the church might cease to exist.

It may be comforting to think that others have their problems, too: but the crisis for Polish Catholicismis as nothing compared with the crisis we face here as we sleep - walk peacefully downhill towards that gentle extinction which is specially reserved for those who have forgotten what it is they have to say to those who need to hear it.

He lamented over what he regarded as era of extinction of crude oil in the world, saying the sharp drop in the global prices of crude oil was a signal to the fact that government at all levels need to shift face to agriculture.

«As long as I have been in politics I have read portentous pieces from commentators and pundits saying the Liberal Democrats are just about to die — tomorrow... if we were not in coalition now I am sure I would be reading pieces saying that because Nick Clegg failed to take the strategic opportunity of being in coalition the Liberal Democrats face irrelevance and extinction.

«There are a lot of fish species or populations facing extinction because of environment destruction and overharvesting,» says marine bioscientist Goro Yoshizaki, who led the effort.

One of them, the mangrove finch, already «is facing potential total extinction because it is present in only two populations on a single island, Isabela,» Koop says.

«We're facing a growing crisis of species extinction, not just with monarchs,» said Norris, co-author of the new paper.

Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.

5 million this year from a record low of 34 million last year but conservationists said on Tuesday the increase was too slight to reduce the threat of extinction facing the insect.

Mongabay points out that a new report by the IUCN says that the Ganges River dolphin, whose range also includes the Brahmaputra River, faces multiple threats and may face extinction in there unless critical habitat is protected: Of an estimated total population of 2,000, some 240 - 300 live in the Brahmaputra (in northeast India, flowing into Bangladesh, for those not up on South Asian geography).

Center for Biological Diversity climate science director Shaye Wolf says walruses face extinction from climate change and denying them critical protections will push them closer to the edge.»

Scientists say the wave of extinction facing the ocean in the coming century could be the worst since the dinosaur age.

More than once did very early man face extinction, «especially during the last ice age,» says the documentary.

Populations of minke whales in the Sea of Japan may face extinction from such intense harvesting, Baker says.

«We now know that many species of sharks and rays, not just the charismatic white sharks, face extinction across the ice - free seas of the world,» says Nick Dulvy, a Simon Fraser University (SFU) Canada Research Chair in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation in British Columbia.

Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.

In addition, the report says, 60 percent of mountain plant species may face extinction by 2100.

Criminal legal aid lawyers face extinction if best value tendering (BVT) is introduced the Law Society says.