Sentences with phrase «species in danger of extinction»

The existence of species in danger of extinction such as the spectacled bear (Tremarctos omatus), the Andean Cock - of - the - Rocks (Rupicola peruviana), the dwarf deer (Pudu mephistopheles), etc. was one of the reasons why the government decided to declare it a Conservation Unit.

The property features 1600 hectares of land, of which 700 hectares are set aside for the conservation of the tropical dry forest, 575 hectares are used as pastureland and 325 hectares are being reforested with species in danger of extinction.

Nowadays, the property comprises 1600 hectares of land, of which 700 hectares are set aside for the conservation of the tropical dry forest; 575 hectares are used as pastureland and 325 hectares are being reforested with tropical species in danger of extinction.

A few years later in the United States, the federal government began keeping an official list of species in danger of extinction — what we call endangered species — and species likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future — threatened species.

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Like many animal species, thousands of languages are in danger of extinction.

«Given that wild felids are globally in danger of extinction through poaching, trophy hunting, and other threats, maintaining strong legal protections for these species is critical,» says Anna Frostic, senior attorney at the Humane Society.

CONSERVATION AND CLONING • Although we may soon have the biotechnology tools necessary to revive long - extinct species, such as woolly mammoths, we should focus more on efforts to save the 20,000 species now in grave danger of extinction, the Editors state in this month's Science Agenda.

The IFAW investigation focused on species that are in immediate danger of extinction, whose sales are banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (species that are in immediate danger of extinction, whose sales are banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Species (CITES).

«Morphology suggests an endangered goby in southern California is a new species: Southern tidewater goby, Eucyclogobius kristinae, exists only in three small lagoons, may be in danger of extinction.»

The loggerhead sea turtle is listed as threatened (likely to become endangered, in danger of extinction, within the foreseeable future) under the U.S. Federal Endangered Species Act and internationally it is listed as endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

«Space is disease and danger wrapped in darkness and silence,» complains Dr. Leonard «Bones» McCoy of «Star Trek,» but even life aboard a starship would beat species extinction.

Many species of marine wildlife are in danger of extinction, and our coral reefs, wetlands, and kelp forests are disappearing.

conservation biologist A scientist who investigates strategies for helping preserve ecosystems and especially species that are in danger of extinction.

These findings help to understand under which conditions rare plant species relying on animal pollination can persist, and when they are in danger of extinction.

Threatened, Endangered and Extinct Lesson Plan focusing on species that are in serious danger of extinction and have already been reduced to critically.

This action was based on a review of the best available scientific and commercial data, which indicated that the species is no longer in danger of extinction, or likely to become so within the foreseeable future.

The black rat is not in danger of extinction, and the eradication of the population on Anacapa will not endanger the species.

This is an educational activity, in order to disseminate the importance of this species that is in danger of extinction due to the deterioration of their habitat and poaching; therefore Xel - Há maintains a permanent program of rescue and conservation of manatees, contributing to the survival of the species.

For a relatively secluded nature spot, the Lara Bay Turtle Conservation Station at Akamas is a pleasant beach, with a sandy area in the south - east of the bay, which houses numerous turtles that are being conserved (especially the Chelonia mydas species, which is in danger of extinction) and there is a hut telling visitors about the turtles.

If this trend is not halted soon, many millions of people will be at risk from extreme events such as heat waves, drought, floods and storms, our coasts and cities will be threatened by rising sea levels, and many ecosystems, plants and animal species will be in serious danger of extinction.

At Patuxent, we have been raising whooping crane chicks for 45 years; the species had reached a low of about 16 adult birds by the late 1930s and was in grave danger of extinction, as they still are today.

In just the span of two years from 2010 - 2012, 100,000 African elephants were killed by poachers for their ivory and the species is in danger of extinction in the next couple of decades if the poaching continues at this ratIn just the span of two years from 2010 - 2012, 100,000 African elephants were killed by poachers for their ivory and the species is in danger of extinction in the next couple of decades if the poaching continues at this ratin danger of extinction in the next couple of decades if the poaching continues at this ratin the next couple of decades if the poaching continues at this rate.

This, in my judgment, makes the polar bear a threatened species — one likely to become in danger of extinction in the foreseeable future.

Stuart made a very valuable contribution several years ago by arguing that we ought to focus on species that were in imminent danger of extinction, i.e., those whose ranges were endemic to the area of destroyed habitat.

* An «endangered» species is in danger of extinction * A «threatened» species is likely to become an endangered species in the foreseeable future.

By Tim Redford, Climate News Network: LONDON — Climate change doesn't just threaten species that are already vulnerable — it could have alarming consequences for a huge range of birds, corals and amphibians that no - one had considered in danger of extinction before, according to a new study.

I just wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in an animal whose species had been so reduced in numbers than it was in danger of extinction.

The increased levels of carbonic acid in the water means there are less carbonate ions available in seawater for making shells, meaning that thousands of species that build shells or skeletons from calcium carbonate are in danger of extinction.

Preserving tropical forests helps protect the millions of plant and animal species — many of which have been invaluable to human medicine — that are indigenous to tropical forests and in danger of extinction.