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Published 11/03/2009 by Red Orbit

Red List Of Endangered Species Continues To Grow

The updated global "Red List" of endangered species on Tuesday showed that more than 1,000 freshwater fish species are threatened with extinction, reflecting the strain on global water resources, AFP reported.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) covers more than 47,000 of the world's species and...

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Over 1,000 fish species 'threatened with extinc...

A International Union for Conservation of Nature photo of a Kihansi Spray Toad (Nectophrynoides asperginis) which once numbered at least 17,000 at the Kihansi Falls ... - [11/03/2009 - France24]

Red List Update Shows Up Global Failure to Slow...

GLAND, SWITZERLAND--(Marketwire - 11/02/09) - The latest update of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species should ... - [11/03/2009 - Yahoo! Canada]

1,147 fish species threatened with extinction: ... - [11/03/2009 - France24 - culture]

1,147 fish species threatened with extinction: ... - [11/03/2009 - France24 - Americas]

1,147 fish species threatened with extinction: ... - [11/03/2009 - France24 - france]

1,147 fish species threatened with extinction: ... - [11/03/2009 - France24 - europe]

1,147 fish species threatened with extinction: ... - [11/03/2009 - France24 - Africa]

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...Red List update "should cause alarm over the continuing unprecedented loss of species and the failure so far of mechanisms to arrest biodiversity loss" according to the e...

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