Sentences with phrase «species are at risk»

Thanks to humans, as many as one - third of shark species are at risk of extinction and many more species are reaching dangerously low populations.

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List at least 25 % of all the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction.

In East Africa's heavily stressed Lake Victoria, 40 % of its unique 350 native fish species are at risk, with 60 % already extinct.»

On top of that, 800 marine species are at risk of extinction because of plastic.

Mountain species are at risk as warming shifts climates uphill and those living at the tops of mountains run out of suitable climate space.

The IPCC's chairman tells us constantly that 20 - 30 % of the planet's species are at risk of extinction due to global warming.

Millions of species are at risk of extinction, comprising a sizable proportion of all extant life.

And yes risk assessment is important, and various species are at risk of extinction etc..

Using Technology to Alert Drivers to Animals on the Road We recently covered the top five roadkill sites in America, as well as a dire IUCN report stating that «25 % of all the world's mammal species are at risk of extinction.»

By some scientific estimates, up to 40 percent of the world's 7,000 or so amphibian species are at risk of extinction in coming decades.

In the United States, about 74 bird species are at risk, about 9 percent of the total.

Mountain species are at risk as warming shifts climates uphill and those living at the tops of mountains run out of suitable climate space.

Colla noted that The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently assessed North American bumblebees and found that one quarter to one third of the species are at risk of extinction due to climate change and other factors such as habitat loss and disease.

The Alliance for Zero Extinction, a consortium of more than 60 organizations that identified 560 places where species are at risk of imminent extinction, found that 40 % of the sites are now being preserved to some degree.

Just weeks earlier it was reported that almost half of all primate species are at risk of extinction, so why lavish yet more attention on the one that is seldom out of the spotlight?

But many of those won't be around much longer; one out of every eight known bird species, one in four mammal species, and one in three amphibian species are at risk for extinction, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN), which maintains the Red List, a catalog of the world's species classified according to their risk of extinction.

However, I have only provided an explanation of why species are at risk.

«I think it's a stretch to suggest more generally that tropical animal populations may be capable of rapid adaptation to anthropogenic warming,» said Mahler, who is also co-chairman of the Anoline Lizard Specialist Group, which studies which anole lizard species are at risk of extinction at the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

This species is at risk from habitat disturbance and degradation, pollution, climate change and increasing tourism.

The Endangered Species Act is a federal law that requires the use of the best available science to determine if a species is at risk, determine its critical habitat, and develop a recovery plan.

Not exact matches

If a judge deems the British Columbia government is not doing enough to protect crucial habitat of the endangered spotted owl, he or she could order the federal environment minister to recommend an emergency protection order under the federal Species at Risk Act.

There are other aspects of the NGP Report that merit further discussion, including its approach to adaptive management (we now have three different JRP reports in as many years that take different views on the extent to which AM can be relied upon in making a determination as to the likelihood of significant adverse environmental effects under CEAA), the precautionary principle, species at risk and Aboriginal consultation.

The federal willingness to require offsets seemingly routinely now is likely aided by clearer policy guidance (including a 2012 Operational Framework and a draft Species at Risk permitting policy, which is currently being finalized) than has been developed within Alberta.

In order to meet the federal government's targets... The investment required to fulfill the federal requirements... Alberta understands the pressure the Federal Government is under with respect to the federal Species at Risk Act and the need to take action on Caribou recovery.

There are a number of conditions for pasture land purchases including each pasture must be maintained in each block, sales will be based on market value, native prairie lands will be subject to no - break / no - drain conservation easements and federal Species at Risk Act will be enforced.

Many of the world's natural habitats, plant species and animal species are in decline or at risk of extinction.

Today, the diversity of the typical wild flora on arable fields, which is the main habitat for a wide range of species, is at risk.

The macaw is just one of many magnificent animal species at risk from habitat destruction, including the jaguar, the night monkey, and the resplendent quetzal, Guatemala's national bird.

Green sea turtle Nickel has a safe home at Shedd, but some of her wild relatives are at risk because they can be accidentally caught, and drowned, in fishing gear targeting shrimp or other commercial seafood species.

Likewise, some animal species such as the endemic African Monkey (Guenon species), one of the world's most beautiful monkeys found mostly in the West African rain forest region (the Niger Delta Region inclusive), are at the risk of extinction.

Not only are native males wasting their time trying to mate with a different species, they are also at high risk of predation for their efforts.

Males in sexually cannibalistic species often have risk - management behaviors to reduce their odds of being eaten, or at least their odds of successful mating before becoming dinner.

As a hub for local Asian shipping and global transport, this island city - state is not just the world's busiest port, it's also at the greatest risk of invasion by non-native species.

The scientists also found that migratory freshwater fishes are at greater risk than their marine brethren, which makes sense considering that the avenues of travel available to freshwater species are much more restricted.

Despite high shipping volume in this area, the North Sea is actually not at high risk from invasive species.

Over 30,000 species of animals and plants are considered to be potentially at risk of extinction, many of them due to the illegal trade in wildlife.

In early 2000 they decided to fund a project to develop methods to first prioritise those species at greatest risk, and then to identify those where DNA markers (characterised differences in DNA used for identity) were not currently available, but could be of potential use in enforcement cases.

Unfortunately for birds and many other organisms, it's crowded at the top: Shifting habitats higher up may increase extinction risks as competition between species increases and viable environments get narrower and eventually run out, said Forero - Medina.

A study in Science found that species non-specialists proposed to add to the endangered list were more at risk than species put on the list by experts at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

«Firstly, it means that an island that is home to a particularly high number of amphibian species is now at risk.

These findings indicate that populations and species that are well adapted to specific local conditions may be at greater risk when exposed to challenges associated with unstable or novel conditions.

«It is important to predict which native species are most at risk and to monitor their populations so that if they start to decline catastrophically, we can establish captive breeding programs and other supportive measures,» he said.

Ontario's Far North is a stronghold for species - at - risk like caribou whose range has receded in Ontario in the face of industrial development and roads.

Even if the loss of one species does not directly cause knock - on extinctions, the study shows that this leads to simpler ecological communities that are at greater risk of «run - away extinction cascades» with the potential loss of many species.

«We need a planning process that is equal to the scale and complexity of the challenge, rather than continuing to depend on piecemeal efforts that put wildlife species and human communities at higher risk in the face of global pressures like climate change and a race for resources.»

Modern diets, stress and medicines are changing the human microbiome and possibly placing some important bacterial species at risk.

From the kings of the jungle to the boreal giants, the world's greatest trees are at risk from climate change, deforestation and invasive species

Watching the Freycinet devil population crash in 2001 and 2002, Jones worried the survival of the species might be at risk.

Although Bd poses less of a threat to frogs in the lowlands, this study suggests that species at lower elevations are more susceptible to climate changes, putting them at risk if they are unable to adapt or move to higher altitudes.

Several rare upland bird species are being put at risk together with other ecosystem functions by the effects of climate change on the UK's blanket bogs, ecologists at the University of York have discovered.