Tag Archives: habitat loss

New publication: Atlas of Biodiversity Risk

News: Species Loss    June 9, 2010
Combining the results of 366 authors from 43 countries, the Atlas of Biodiversity Risk is the first publication of its kind – a geographical summary of the major factors that lead to loss of biological diversity (also sometimes referred to as species loss). The atlas is available only in printed form at 99Euro + Shipping [...]
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Global warming: 20% loss of lizard species by 2080

News: Species Loss    May 17, 2010
Very few lizards are in any way harmful to human beings, yet like most reptiles they are unpopular or, at best, unappreciated. As with all living things, lizards are part of the ecosystem in which they live and perform important functions in the food chain such as eating vast quantities of insects. Perhaps it is [...]
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Species Loss: It is statistics but not a game

Impact: Species Loss    March 8, 2010
Most biologists will tell you that the Earth is losing species faster than it is replacing them. One prominent biologist, Simon Stuart, chair of the Species Survival Commission for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has said about two new reports coming out in March (2010): “Measuring the rate at which new [...]
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