Species' extinction threat grows

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Dar es Salaam : Tanzania | 21 days ago

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Red List of Threatened Species, 17,291 were deemed to be at serious risk. These included 21% of mammals, 30% of amphibians, 70% of plants and 35% of invertebrates. Biodiversity Conservation Group. "The latest analysis... shows that the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss will not be met," she...

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