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- From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
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- Subject: [permaculture] Mass Extinction Underway
- Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:22:47 -0400
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*MASS EXTINCTION UNDERWAY*
*The World Wide Web's Most Comprehensive Source
of Information on the Current Mass Extinction
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2000325.stm>
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/23/green.century.mass.extinction/index.html>
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/05/14/coolsc.disappearingfish/>
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3119434.stm>
THE CURRENT MASS EXTINCTION:
Human beings are currently causing the greatest
mass extinction of species since the extinction of
the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. If present trends
continue one half of all species of life on earth will
be extinct in less than 100 years, as a result of
habitat destruction, pollution, invasive species,
and climate change. (For details see links below.)
Scroll Down For Hundreds Of Links:
Following the article below are more than 300 links
to authoritative reports and updates about the current
mass extinction. New articles are added regularly.
(Most recent update April 4, 2007)
Mass Extinction Underway, Majority of Biologists Say
*Washington Post
Tuesday, April 21, 1998
[Note: scroll down this page for HUNDREDS of links to updates about
the current mass extinction. Most recent update: April 4, 2007.]
By Joby Warrick
Staff Writer
A majority of the nation's biologists are convinced that a "mass
extinction" of plants and animals is underway that poses a major
threat to humans in the next century, yet most Americans are only
dimly aware of the problem, a poll says.
The rapid disappearance of species was ranked as one of the planet's
gravest environmental worries, surpassing pollution, global warming
and the thinning of the ozone layer, according to the survey of 400
scientists commissioned by New York's American Museum of Natural
History.
The poll's release yesterday comes on the heels of a groundbreaking
study of plant diversity that concluded than at least one in eight
known plant species is threatened with extinction. Although
scientists are divided over the specific numbers, many believe that
the rate of loss is greater now than at any time in history.
"The speed at which species are being lost is much faster than any
we've seen in the past -- including those [extinctions] related to
meteor collisions," said Daniel Simberloff, a University of
Tennessee ecologist and prominent expert in biological diversity who
participated in the museum's survey. [Note: the last mass extinction
caused by a meteor collision was that of the dinosaurs, 65 million
years ago.]
Most of his peers apparently agree. Nearly seven out of 10 of the
biologists polled said they believed a "mass extinction" was
underway, and an equal number predicted that up to one-fifth of all
living species could disappear within 30 years. Nearly all
attributed the losses to human activity, especially the destruction
of plant and animal habitats.
Among the dissenters, some argue that there is not yet enough data
to support the view that a mass extinction is occurring. Many of the
estimates of species loss are extrapolations based on the global
destruction of rain forests and other rich habitats.
Among non-scientists, meanwhile, the subject appears to have made
relatively little impression. Sixty percent of the laymen polled
professed little or no familiarity with the concept of biological
diversity, and barely half ranked species loss as a "major threat."
The scientists interviewed in the Louis Harris poll were members of
the Washington-based American Institute of Biological Sciences, a
professional society of more than 5,000 scientists.
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<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/05/14/coolsc.disappearingfish/>
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/12/122800orangutans.html>
*(click images for articles)*
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New articles are added to this list regularly. Most recent
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UNITED NATIONS: HUMANS CAUSING GREATEST MASS EXTINCTION IN
65 MILLION YEARS (Reuters-- 2006)
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1596740.htm>
American Museum of Natural History Official Statement on
Current Mass Extinction
<http://web.archive.org/web/20041021105033/www.amnh.org/museum/press/feature/biofact.html>
American Museum of Natural History Press Release on Current
Mass Extinction <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/amnh.html>
Fastest Mass Extinction in Earth's History (Worldwatch
Report)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011222210519/www.enn.com/enn-features-archive/1998/09/091698/fea0916_23526.asp>
Earth Faces Catastrophic Loss of Species (U.K. Independent--
2006)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article1187003.ece>
SCIENTISTS AGREE WORLD FACES MASS EXTINCTION (CNN-- 2002)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/08/23/green.century.mass.extinction/index.html>
Earth Faces Sixth Mass Extinction (New Scientist-- 2004)
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994797>
THE SIXTH EXTINCTION by Richard Leakey
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/sixthextinction.html>
The Sixth Extinction (National Geographic Magazine)
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/9902/fngm/index.html>
The Sixth Extinction (American Museum of Natural History)
<http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/hall_tour/extinct.html>
Wake-Up Call on Extinction Wave (British Royal Society--
2003) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3039803.stm>
GLOBAL EXTINCTION CRISIS CONFIRMED-- 2000 IUCN Red List
Released
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050310090519/www.iucn.org/redlist/2000/news.html>
Mass Extinction Pace Quickening: Red List 2000 Released
(N.Y. Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/science/29EXTI.html>
Headlong Drive to Mass Extinction-- 2002 Red List Released
(Toronto Globe and Mail)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/headlong.html>
12,000 Threatened Species: "Only Scratching the Surface"--
2003 Red List Released (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/conservation/story/0,13369,1087837,00.html>
15,589 Threatened Species: "Greatly Underestimates True
Number"-- 2004 Red List Released (MSNBC)
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6502368/>
16,119 Threatened Species-- 40% of Evaluated Species Are
Threatened-- 2006 Red List (IUCN-- 2006)
<http://www.iucn.org/en/news/archive/2006/05/02_pr_red_list_en.htm>
Global Warming Threatens Extinction of One Million Species
(Nature-- 2004)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3375447.stm>
Huge Extinction Risks of Global Warming Confirmed (Reuters--
2006)
<http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2006-04-10T234508Z_01_L10748935_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-SPECIES.xml>
By 2050 Global Warming Will Doom A Million Species (National
Geographic-- 2004)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/01/0107_040107_extinction.html>
BRITISH STUDY CONFIRMS WORLDWIDE MASS EXTINCTION (Science--
2004)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1173114,00.html>
Two Thirds of World's Species May Be Threatened
(EurekAlert/AAAS-- 2005)
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/aaft-lss111405.php>
1998 Comprehensive Data on Plant Extinction Rate (N.Y.
Times) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/plantextinction.html>
1996 Comprehensive Data on Animal Extinction Rate (IUCN)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050305071814/www.iucn.org/wcc/press/animals_in_red.html>
World's Biodiversity Becoming Extinct (International
Botanical Congress)
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1999-08/XIBC-Wbbe-020899.php>
Scientists Warn of Mass Extinction (Environmental News
Network)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011218040730/www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/08/080399/extinction_4759.asp>
CNN Special Report on Mass Extinction
<http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0001/02/se.35.html>
Human Impact Triggers Massive Extinctions (Environment News
Service)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011129072744/ens.lycos.com/ens/aug99/1999L-08-02-06.html>
Unprecedented Extinction Rate (World Conservation Union)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050307074522/www.iucn.org/info_and_news/press/species2000.html>
The Current Mass Extinction (Scientific American)
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0009E9C9-E1E4-1C67-B882809EC588ED9F>
Wave of Extinctions Sweeping the Planet (United Nations)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2042311>
Biodiversity Under Siege (Environmental News Network)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011112231810/www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/2000/07/07222000/biodiversity_14930.asp>
World Facing Greatest Extinction Risk Since Dinosaurs
Disappeared (IUCN)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1318000/1318157.stm>
The Current Mass Extinction (PBS)
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/2/l_032_04.html>
Mammals, Fish, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles Suffering Major
Declines (Worldwatch)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050207153609/www.worldwatch.org/press/news/1998/05/21/>
ONE QUARTER OF MAMMALS FACE EXTINCTION WITHIN 30 YEARS
(United Nations-- BBC-- 2002)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2000000/2000325.stm>
Global Picture of Death, Damage and Destruction (United
Nations) <http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0802-06.htm>
Grim Picture of Extinction (2003 World Parks Conference)
<http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20030917083133421C564984>
One Quarter Of All Mammal Species Face Extinction Soon
(IUCN-- 2000)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_938000/938038.stm>
One Quarter of Primates Will Be Extinct in 20 Years (London
Times-- 2005)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1557743,00.html>
One Third of Primates Face Extinction (BBC-- 2002)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2306517.stm>
Many Primates Face Extinction (CNN-- 2000)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/01/10/primates.peril/index.html>
Gorillas, Bonobos, and Chimpanzees 10 Years From Extinction
(U.K. Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0%2C6903%2C656147%2C00.html>
Monkeys, Apes Are Being Eaten to Extinction (Associated
Press) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/monkeyseaten.html>
Primate Extinction Surge (ABC)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030703135842/more.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/dailynews/extinction_primates000915.html>
Primates in Peril (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9708/28/endangered.apes.ap/index.html>
ALL WILD SEAFOOD WILL DISAPPEAR IN 50 YEARS (Science
Magazine-- 2006)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1951279.ece>
Mass Extinction of Freshwater Creatures Forecast (WWF
Report)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011129072744/ens.lycos.com/ens/oct99/1999L-10-04-02.html>
World's Freshwater Systems in Peril (World Resources
Institute) <http://www.wri.org/press/page_water_pr.html>
90% OF ALL LARGE FISH GONE FROM WORLD'S OCEANS (Nature--
2003)
<http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/05/14/coolsc.disappearingfish/>
PLANKTON DISAPPEARING FROM WORLD'S OCEANS (S.F. Chronicle--
2003)
<http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/10/06/MN31432.DTL>
Sea Life in Peril: Plankton Vanishing (S.F. Chronicle--
2005)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/12/MNG8SDMMR01.DTL>
Rising Acidity of World's Oceans May Cause Marine Mass
Extinction (London Times-- 2006)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2058687,00.html>
Acidic Oceans Decimating Plankton and Coral (Washington
Post-- 2006)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/04/AR2006070400772.html>
1,600 Marine Scientists Warn That The Sea Is In Peril (MCBI)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020213074231/www.mcbi.org/twaters/release.html>
Entire North Atlantic Ocean on Verge of Collapse (New
Scientist)
<http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991940>
North Sea Undergoing Ecological Meltdown (U.K. Independent)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/northsea.html>
Last Chance For Southern Ocean (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3421313.stm>
Saltwater Species May Vanish (American Fisheries Society)
<http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=fish17&date=20001117&query=nonanadromous>
Ocean Dead Zones Pose Extinction Threat (American Chemical
Society-- 2006)
<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/acs-oz032906.php>
Many Fish on Verge of Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/in_depth/sci_tech/2001/san_francisco/newsid_1176000/1176382.stm>
WORLD'S AMPHIBIANS FACE EXTINCTION (Chicago Tribune-- 2006)
<http://redorbit.com/news/science/562784/scientists_sound_alarm_for_worlds_amphibians_fungus_could_bring_wave/index.html>
One Third of Amphibian Species Face Extinction (Washington
Post-- 2004)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33569-2004Oct14.html>
World Amphibian Populations Plummet Toward Extinction (AAAS)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011129072744/www.oregonlive.com/news/00/02/st021910.html>
Amphibians Declining Worldwide (Boston Globe)
<http://www.boston.com/globe/offbeat/daily/12/amphibians_declining.shtml>
40% of Amphibians in Americas Threatened (MSNBC-- 2005)
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8322929/>
Climate Change Drives Widespread Amphibian Extinctions
(National Science Foundation-- 2006)
<http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=105707>
Reptiles Vanishing Faster Than Amphibians (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/08/11/reptile.decline.enn/>
Migratory Birds and Animals Rapidly Dying Out (Environment
News Service)
<http://ens-news.com/ens/nov1999/1999-11-19-02.asp>
Almost Half of Europe's Animal Species Threatened (European
Union-- 2006)
<http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/212>
Many Carnivore Species At Risk of Extinction (Science Daily)
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/07/040713080107.htm>
HALF OF EARTH'S PLANT SPECIES FACE EXTINCTION (Science)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2385591.stm>
50% of Europe's Plants Threatened by Warming (Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences-- 2005)
<http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2005/05/25/1116985460.htm>
Forests Face Global Extinction (United Nations)
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0821-02.htm>
Trees on the Verge of Mass Extinction (World Conservation
Monitoring Centre) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/trees.html>
Worldwide Plant Crisis Accelerating (E/Environmental
Magazine)
<http://www.emagazine.com/july-august_1999/0799feat2.html>
Plants: Heading for Extinction (ABC News)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010913101845/www.abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/endangeredplants990809.html>
Threatened Wild Food Crops: "Terrifying" (U.K. Guardian--
2006)
<http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,1868224,00.html>
Plant Species Losses Threaten World's Food Supplies (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_449000/449096.stm>
29% of Plant Species in U.S. Threatened (Chicago Botanic
Garden)
<http://www.chicago-botanic.org/pr/press_releases/conserving_plants.html>
20% of British Wild Plants Threatened With Extinction
(British Government-- 2005)
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/may2005/2005-05-13-04.asp>
Europe's Plant Species Threatened (IUCN)
<http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/news/plantstrategy.html>
1000's Of Medicinal Plants Being Harvested to Extinction
(Australian Broadcasting Co.)
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1022160.htm>
25% Of World's Conifers Threatened With Extinction (IUCN)
<http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pubs/conifer.htm>
Half of Cycad Species (World's Oldest Seed Plants)
Threatened (IUCN)
<http://www.talkwildlife.citymax.com/page/page/654598.htm>
Many Palm Tree Species Threatened With Extinction
(Smithsonian)
<http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues02/aug02/palms.html>
Half of World's Bamboo Species In Danger of Extinction
(United Nations)
<http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=10692&Cr=Bamboo&Cr1=>
Frankincense Trees Facing Extinction (Boston Globe-- 2006)
<http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2006/12/25/a_gift_of_the_magi_facing_extinction>
Wild Banana Species Going Extinct (India Times-- 2006)
<http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1516960.cms>
Half of Wild Magnolias Facing Extinction (National
Geographic-- 2007)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070404-magnolias.html>
20% of British Wildflowers Facing Extinction (U.K.
Independent-- 2005)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=636855>
Intensive Farming Threatens Britain's Wildflowers (The
Scotsman-- 2003)
<http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/scotland.cfm?id=741282003>
20% OF WORLD'S BIRD SPECIES THREATENED (CNN-- 2005)
<http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/06/01/birds.extinction>
World Bird Populations Plummeting (WorldWatch Institute--
2003) <http://worldwatch.org/press/news/2003/03/10/>
Half Of Europe's Bird Species Threatened (U.K. Guardian--
2004)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1345844,00.html>
One Third Of North American Bird Species in Decline
(Christian Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1202/p13s01-sten.html>
Humans Are Driving Birds to Extinction (National Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0516_030516_birdextinction.html>
Farming Threatens One-Third of Europe's Birds (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/694777.stm>
Quarter of Parrot Species on Brink of Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_412000/412894.stm>
Asia Faces Bird Extinction Crisis (BirdLife International)
<http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/news/asia-bird-crisis.html>
World's Wading Birds Vanishing Fast (National Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1020_031020_wadingbirds.html>
EVERY SPECIES OF GREAT APE ON VERGE OF EXTINCTION (United
Nations-- 2003)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3237726.stm>
Ebola Threatens Extinction of Gorillas (N.Y. Times-- 2006)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/07/science/08ebolacnd.ht>
Gorillas and Chimpanzees on Edge of Extinction (Nature--
2003) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2921669.stm>
World's Great Apes Hurtling Toward Extinction (Associated
Press)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030218185434/www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/05/05132000/ap_apes_12981.asp>
Last Chance to Save Great Apes From Extinction (United
Nations)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C493945%2C00.html>
90 Percent of Great Ape Habitats Will Be Destroyed by 2030
(United Nations)
<http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?ArticleID=3119&DocumentID=264>
Apes on the Edge (Population Action International)
<http://www.populationaction.org/resources/publications/naturesplace/np_apes1.shtml>
98% Of Orangutan Habitat Gone By 2022 (United Nations--
2007) <http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0206-unep.html>
Humans Causing Collapse of Orangutans-- Outlook for Survival
Bleak (BBC-- 2006)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4640420.stm>
Population of Indonesian Orangutans Down 43% in 10 Years
(Wildlife Conservation Society-- 2006)
<http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0814-orangutans.html>
Indonesian Fires Threaten Extinction of Orangutans (Voice of
America-- 2006)
<http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-10-17-voa11.cfm>
Orangutans On Brink of Extinction (National Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/12/122800orangutans.html>
Orangutan Numbers Plummeting Worldwide (Wildlife
Conservation Society)
<http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/02/010227074328.htm>
Gorillas Face Extinction by 2050 (U.K. Independent-- 2006)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1180234.ece>
Gorillas Face Doom at Gunpoint (U.K. Guardian)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020209200502/www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4145937%2C00.html>
Lowland Gorillas In Drastic Decline (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2036000/2036217.stm>
Only 650 Mountain Gorillas Left in World (U.K. Telegraph)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/gorillas.html>
Chimpanzees Will Soon Be Extinct (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4309448%2C00.html>
Western Chimpanzees in Danger of Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2264522.stm>
Uganda's Apes Face Extinction (The East African)
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200010050389.html>
Congo's Great Apes on Brink of Extinction (South African
Sunday Times)
<http://www.suntimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimes/newsst/newsst1033741837.asp>
Asia's Primates Face Extinction (MSNBC)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020204051230/stacks.msnbc.com/news/580797.asp?cp1=1>
Gibbons Imperiled (N.Y. Times)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/gibbons.html>
Madagascar's Lemurs Cling to Survival (Reuters)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/lemurs.html>
Madagascar's "Flying Angels" Threatened by Hunting and
Deforestation (Seattle Post-Intelligencer-- 2006)
<http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002750654_lemurs20.html>
Two-Thirds of World's Turtle Species Threatened (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3024643.stm>
Sea Turtle Hurtles Towards Extinction (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/fish/story/0,7369,898477,00.html>
Tide of Extinction Threatening Sea Turtles (The East
African-- 2006) <http://allafrica.com/stories/200601310867.html>
Seahorses on Path to Extinction (ABC News)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020203100823/www.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/DailyNews/Britain000601Seahorses.html>
One Third of Shark Species Threatened (Washington Post--
2006)
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110901528.html>
Sharks Face Extinction (ABC News)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020603210955/abcnews.go.com/sections/science/dailynews/sharkfins000801.html>
Sharks Suffer Population Crash (Nature--2004)
<http://www.nature.com/nsu/040209/040209-9.html>
Tiger Habitats Down 40% in Past Ten Years (Environment News
Service-- 2006)
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/oct2006/2006-10-11-01.asp>
Poachers Push Tigers Near Extinction (Enviroment News
Service-- 2006)
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2006/2006-09-27-03.asp>
Only 3,000 Wild Tigers Left on Earth (U.K. Independent--
2006)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article345504.ece>
Extinction Stalks World's Tigers (World Wildlife Fund--
1999)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020126155528/www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/02/021699/tiger_1620.asp>
Chinese Trade in Tiger Parts Could Lead to Extinction of All
Tiger Species (Reuters-- 2005)
<http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9483812/>
Skin Trade Threatens World's Few Surviving Tigers (Reuters)
<http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/28323/newsDate/29-Nov-2004/story.htm>
India's Tigers on Verge of Extinction (Reuters-- 2005)
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP271042.htm>
Indian Tigers' Last Habitat Being Destroyed (U.K. Guardian--
2003)
<http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,982537,00.html>
Last Stand For Amur Tigers (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1990000/1990928.stm>
Sumatran Tiger Faces Extinction (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/sumatran.html>
Only 90 Chinese Tigers Left (Sydney Morning Herald)
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/12/08/1038950271860.html>
Myanmar's Tigers Face Extinction-- Only 150 Left (Wildlife
Conservation Society)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030812041920/www.enn.com/news/2003-07-22/s_6780.asp>
Vietnamese Tigers On Brink of Extinction (Viet Nam News
Agency)
<http://www.vnagency.com.vn/NewsA.asp?LANGUAGE_ID=2&CATEGORY_ID=32&NEWS_ID=129808>
LIONS CLOSE TO EXTINCTION (New Scientist/BBC-- 2003)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3119434.stm>
Lions Suffer Alarming Population Decline (S.F. Chronicle--
2005)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/10/06/MNG1UF392D1.DTL>
Extinction Threatens African Lions (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1630000/1630616.stm>
Lions Face New Threat (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C479311%2C00.html>
Asia's Last Lions-- Only 300 Left (National Geographic)
<http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0106/feature3/index.html>
Far Eastern Leopard Faces Extinction (Times of India)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010707064606/www.timesofindia.com/301000/30hlth14.htm>
South African Leopards Hunted Down By Dog Teams (Reuters)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010803151350/dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010704/sc/environment_safrica_leopards_dc_1.html>
Arabian Leopard on Verge of Extinction (U.K. Independent)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/arabian.html>
Snow Leopard Being Pushed to Extinction (The Age--
Melbourne)
<http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/01/05/1041566309307.html>
Only 20 Caucasus Leopards Left (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2700129.stm>
Most Remaining Wild Horse and Zebra Species in Peril (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2697579.stm>
Indian Elephants on Brink of Extinction (ABC News)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020603065120/abcnews.go.com/sections/science/dailynews/elephant_india000605.html>
Elephants on the Brink in Asia (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/12/14/asian.elephant.enn/>
Vietnamese Elephants Face Extinction (Fauna and Flora
International)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030218182837/www.enn.com/features/2000/09/09142000/vietelephants_14308.asp>
Thailand's Elephants Sick and Abandoned (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_244000/244995.stm>
African Elephant Population Down 90% Since 1930 (N.Y. Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/10/world/10ELEP.html>
Sumatra Elephants in Danger of Extinction (Antara
News--2005) <http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=7507>
World's Bears Under Threat of Extinction (World Wide Fund
for Nature) <http://cnn.com/NATURE/9908/05/bears.enn/index.html>
Efforts To Save Panda From Extinction Failing (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/science/04/05/panda.endangered/index.html>
Koalas Will Be Extinct Within Decades (Yahoo News)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/koalas.html>
Kangaroos Face Extinction In 20 Years (The Australian)
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9476743%255E1702,00.html>
Polar Bears May Be Extinct in 20 Years (The Australian--
2005)
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,12099190%255E30417,00.html>
Last Remaining Ocelot Habitats Threatened (Defenders of
Wildlife)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011117113203/www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/03/031799/rarecat_2178.asp>
Cheetahs on Brink of Extinction (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/05/24/cheetah.survival/index.html>
South African Cheetahs May Be Extinct in 10 Years (South
African Broadcasting Corp.)
<http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/science/0,2172,60443,00.html>
Only 60 Asiatic Cheetahs Left in Wild (U.S. State Dept.--
2007)
<http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2007&m=January&x=20070122112518mlenuhret0.4942743>
Last Chance For Lynx (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_506000/506535.stm>
Sea Otters in Peril (CBS)
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/19/tech/main554629.shtml>
Rhinos on the Edge (Ecology Magazine)
<http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2120/n7_v79/21231403/p1/article.jhtml>
Poachers Pushing Asian Rhinos To Extinction (WWF)
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/17306/story.htm>
Sumatran Rhinos On Brink Of Extinction (Agence
France-Presse)
<http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041209/sc_afp/indonesiawildliferhinos_041209070133>
War and Politics Threaten Congo's Endangered Rhinos (N.Y.
Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/international/africa/28rhino.html>
Nepal's Endangered Rhinos Down by 30% Since 2000 (World
Wildlife Fund)
<http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0419-06.htm>
Hippo Population Down 95 Percent in 30 Years (WWF)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3190323.stm>
Niger Giraffes Face Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_869000/869937.stm>
Endangered Rabbits (National Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0417_030417_rabbits.html>
Tibetan Antelope Being Hunted to Extinction (AME Info,
United Arab Emirates)
<http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/29009.html>
Demise of Asian Antelope is a Warning, David Suzuki, Univ.
of British Columbia
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030316020859/www.enn.com/news/2003-03-04/s_3096.asp>
Penguins in Peril (Environment News Service)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011129072746/ens.lycos.com/ens/dec98/1998l-12-07-06.html>
Albatross Faces Extinction (U.K.. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4052242%2C00.html>
Half Of World's Bat Species Threatened (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1476000/1476404.stm>
Extinction Nears for Whales and Dolphins (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3024785.stm>
70% of Dolphin Species Face Extinction (BBC-- 2005)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4464784.stm>
308,000 Whales, Dolphins, Porpoises Drown Each Year in
Fishing Gear (WWF)
<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=109-06122003>
Whales Pursued to Brink of Extinction (E/Environmental
Magazine)
<http://web.archive.org/web/19980702012107/www.emagazine.com/may-june_1997/0597feat1.html>
Half of Whale Species Threatened (World Wildlife Fund)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011118150510/www.panda.org/news/press/news.cfm?id=2410>
Northern Right Whales on Brink of Extinction (U.S. National
Academy of Sciences)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010609204021/www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/03/031899/rightwhale_2200.asp>
Devastating Losses For Right Whales (National Geographic--
2005)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/02/0201_050201_rightwhale.html>
Climate Change Threatens Extinction of Blue Whales (WWF)
<http://www.wwf.org.uk/News/n_0000000317.asp>
Discoverer of Whale Songs: "I'm Seeing My Life's Work
Destroyed" (WWF)
<http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/news.cfm?uNewsId=2502&uLangId=1>
Risk of Orca Extinction (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/orcas23.shtml>
Porpoise Survival Threatened (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1478000/1478269.stm>Dolphins
Face Extinction in England and France (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1871000/1871634.stm>
Britain's Seas Are Dying (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/waste/story/0%2C12188%2C756015%2C00.html>
Time Running Out For Freshwater Dolphins (IUCN)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011223093954/www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/pressreleases/dolphins.htm>
Extinction Fears for Nepal's Dolphins (Agence France-Presse)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030608203022/www.spacedaily.com/news/020929040301.xo7930nc.html>
Only 100 Maui's Dolphins Left (New Zealand Herald)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3506245>
Indus Dolphin Faces Extinction (Pakistan Daily Times)
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_29-5-2004_pg7_15>
Manatees in Peril (CBS)
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/04/30/tech/main551703.shtml>
Monk Seals on Brink of Extinction (Honolulu Star Bulletin--
2006) <http://starbulletin.com/2006/09/03/news/story06.html>
Retreating Sea Ice Endangers Walrus (Anchorage Daily News--
2006)
<http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/7633193p-7544852c.html>
Dugongs Nearing Extinction (United Nations)
<http://www.unep.org/Documents/Default.asp?DocumentID=235&ArticleID=3009>
Atlantic Game Fish Close to Extinction (Big Game Fishing
Journal)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010426093517/www.geocities.com/Eureka/Vault/8020/going_going_gone_pg2.html>
Atlantic Sharks Decimated (Reuters)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20040206101124/abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20030116_520.html>
Deep-Sea Fish Being Driven to Extinction (Times U.K.-- 2006)
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1970411,00.html>
Deep-Sea Fish in Danger of Extinction (U.K. Observer-- 2002)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0%2C6903%2C651827%2C00.html>
Tuna Near Extinction (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4061727%2C00.html>
Sturgeon Species in Dire Straits (Associated Press-- 2006)
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,180461,00.html>
Atlantic Salmon In Danger Of Extinction (World Wildlife
Fund)
<http://www.worldwildlife.org/news/headline.cfm?newsid=276>
Cod Faces Extinction Threat (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_842000/842087.stm>
The Last Sturgeon (Scientific American)
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000982C4-D9AA-1CE1-95FB809EC588EF21>
Dying Zooplankton Threatens Extinction of Marine Species
(U.K. Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0%2C6903%2C610405%2C00.html>
Catastrophic Collapse in Sea and Bird Life in America's
Northwest Pacific (New Zealand Herald-- 2005)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10354987>
Vietnamese Sea Species in Danger of Extinction (AP)
<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2001/09/17/state1001EDT0020.DTL>
North Sea Extinction Crisis (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4378387%2C00.html>
Hundreds of Asian Bird Species Face Extinction (New
Scientist)
<http://www.newscientist.com/dailynews/news.jsp?id=ns9999834>
Quarter of American Bird Species in Decline (Audubon
Society)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/11/1105_021105_BirdDecline.html>
Half of Europe's Mountain Bird Species Threatened (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2372815.stm>
Northern Ireland's Birds Facing Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/3581674.stm>
Kiwi Bird In Freefall to Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_449000/449104.stm#top>
Peacock in Peril (India Tribune)
<http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040502/spectrum/main1.htm>
Europe's Butterflies Face Extinction (Butterfly
Conservation, U.K.-- 2006)
<http://www.lse.co.uk/ShowStory.asp?story=AX1623517S>
British Butterflies Face Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1197000/1197928.stm>
UK Butterfly Decline Steepens (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1296000/1296391.stm>
Australian Butterflies Facing Extinction Threat (Australian
Broadcasting Corporation)
<http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2003/02/item20030227132224_1.htm>
Many Bees Threatened With Extinction (International Bee
Research Association)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/bees.html>
Bumblebees Could Face Extinction (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1314000/1314012.stm>
Italy's Bees Are Dying (Italian National Beekeepers'
Association) <http://www.mieliditalia.it/herald.htm>
Half Of British Ladybug Species Face Extinction (U.K.
Independent-- 2005)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article335197.ece>
Insect Extinctions Threaten Human Life (English Nature)
<http://www.endangeredearth.org/alerts/result-m.asp?index=833>
Insect Deaths Add to Extinction Fears (Nature-- 2004)
<http://www.nature.com/news/2004/040315/pf/040315-11_pf.html>
British Insects Disappearing (U.K. Independent-- 2003)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/insects.html>
Endangered Insects (Xerces Society)
<http://www.xerces.org/articles/encyclopediaarticle.htm>
North America Facing Biodiversity Crisis (NAFTA)
<http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0107-01.htm>
One-Fifth of Animals and One-Sixth of Plants in U.S. at Risk
of Extinction (AP) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/heinz.html>
Hawaii Hanging By A Thread (Discover Magazine)
<http://www.findarticles.com/m1511/2_21/59164983/p1/article.jhtml>
Hawaii A Zone Of Mass Extinction (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/pac091.shtml>
Half of Mammals and Quarter of Birds in Malaysia Face
Extinction (Malaysian Star)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020211171230/thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2002/1/1/features/biof&sec=features>
Malaysia's Fauna Disappearing (Malaysia New Straits Times--
2005)
<http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Monday/National/20050613075008/Article/indexb_html>
Half of Portugal's Species Face Extinction (Inter Press News
Service-2006) <http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=32960>
Amazon Rainforest Will Be Destroyed by 2020 (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1125000/1125419.stm>
AMAZON ONE YEAR FROM CATASTROPHIC TIPPING-POINT FOR ENTIRE
EARTH (U.K. Independent-- 2006)
<http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article1191880.ece>
Amazon Destruction Surges (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1332000/1332881.stm>
Loggers to Ravage Congo Rainforest (U.K. Observer)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0%2C6903%2C542618%2C00.html>
Himalayan Forests and Species Vanishing (New Scientist--
2006)
<http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19025525.400?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg19025525.400>
Cloud Forests And Their Species Will Be Gone In Ten Years
(National Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0813_cloudforest.html>
Deforestation Threatens Thousands of Species (Houston
Chronicle)
<http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/special/01/forest/nature.html>
Mexican Jungle Will Disappear Within 30 Years (Christian
Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0114/p7s1-woam.html>
Mass Extinction Looms in Indonesia (Indonesian National News
Agency-- 2006)
<http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/index.php?id=10027>
Last Chance To Save Indonesia's Forests (National
Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/08/0813_wireindoforests.html>
New Guinea Rainforest-- World's 3rd Largest-- Being
Destroyed (Environment News Service)
<http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2005/2005-02-21-02.asp>
Borneo's Wildlife Being Driven to Extinction (Belfast
Telegraph-- 2005)
<http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=632842>
Borneo On Brink of Ecological Disaster (Wired News-- 2004)
<http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,62252,00.html>
Rare Animal Trade Threatens Indonesia's Species With
Extinction (Jakarta Post-- 2004)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/indonesiananimaltrade.html>
Loggers Threaten Last Stronghold of Philippine Biodiversity
(CNN) <http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/05/31/philippines.forest/>
98% of Haiti's Forests Gone (Jamaica Observer)
<http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20040922T190000-0500_66454_OBS_HAITI_S_DEADLY_FLOODS_BLAMED_ON_DEFORESTATION__POVERTY.asp>
Philippines on Verge of Losing Most Native Species (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/08/14/philippine.eagles/>
Ethiopia's Forests Face Extinction (United Nations)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1766000/1766717.stm>
"Extinction Spasm" Beginning in West Africa (Duke
University) <http://www.dukenews.duke.edu/Research/monkey.htm>
Massive Die-Off of Species Expected in South Africa (WWF)
<http://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=143&art_id=ct20010925202517487G414711>
Many South African Animals Face Extinction (South Africa
Sunday Times)
<http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/06/30/news/news11.asp>
Bushmeat Trade Wiping Out Large African Mammals (Scientific
American)
<http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000709E4-03F5-1C70-84A9809EC588EF21>
No Hiding Place: The Cost of Bushmeat (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2019000/2019193.stm>
Bushmeat: 1/4 Million Tons Of Endangered Primates Now Eaten
Per Year (Sunday Herald) <http://www.sundayherald.com/25926>
Madagascar's Species Disappearing at Alarming Rate (Toronto
Globe and Mail) <http://iucn.org/reuters/2000/namerica.html>
Angola's Biodiversity Under Severe Threat (News24 South
Africa)
<http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Features/0,6119,2-11-37_1471432,00.html>
Persian Gulf Wildlife Threatened (L.A. Times-- 2006)
<http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-gulf-disappearing-wildlife,1,5903231.story>
Yemen's Wildlife on Brink of Extinction (Yemen Observer)
<http://www.yobserver.com/news_4039.php>
Five Years Left for Sumatra's Forests and Key Species (U.K.
Guardian)
<http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C485576%2C00.html>
Malaysian Plants Face Rising Rate of Extinction (Sunday
Times of Malaysia)
<http://www.arbec.com.my/endangered%20plants.htm>
Thousands of Australian Species in Danger of Extinction
(Melbourne Herald Sun)
<http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6320253%255E421,00.html>
Australian Species In Peril (CNN)
<http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/01/18/australia.savior/>
Australian Species At Risk From Climate Change (Climate
Action Network)
<http://www.climateaustralia.org/bush/aus_animals.htm>
Huge Rise in Endangered New Zealand Species (NZ Department
of Conservation)
<http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3048949&thesection=news&thesubsection=general>
Concern Grows For Wildlife in Egypt (The Scotsman)
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3205170>
South-East Asia Faces Catastrophic Extinction Rate (Nature)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3090071.stm>
Extinction Crisis Looms in Mongolia (N.Y. Times-- 2005)
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/science/06WILD.html>
Half of Amphibians in Central America Facing Extinction (The
News Mexico)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20021218022117/www.thenewsmexico.com/noticia.asp?id=40567>
Trade in Animal Parts Threatens Wave of Extinction in Asia
(Wildlife Conservation Society)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030402074243/www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2002/04/04102002/ap_46903.asp>
Vietnam's Bears Close to Extinction (Agence France Presse--
2007)
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070116/lf_afp/vietnamanimalsbearbile_070116034458>
Thousands of Antarctic Species Face Extinction (Reuters)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/antarctic.html>
Arctic Fauna Extinction Fear (The Age-- Melbourne)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20021218132941/www.theage.com.au/news/world/2001/06/13/FFXISR1KUNC.html>
Half of Species in Norway Face Extinction (Oslo Aftenposten)
<http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article313553.ece>
Wildcats Losing Battle for Survival in U.S. (National
Wildlife Federation)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030402224433/www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/04/04032001/wildcats_42853.asp>
Coral Reefs Will Be Gone In 20 Years (AP)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030218184722/www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/10/10232000/ap_coral_39494.asp>
Coral Reefs Dying Even Faster Than Previously Thought
(United Nations) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/coral.html>
World's Coral Reefs In Serious Decline (U.K. Guardian--
2002)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldsummit2002/story/0%2C12264%2C781017%2C00.html>
Caribbean Coral Suffers Phenomenal Loss (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3072741.stm>
Hawaiian Coral Ecosystem May Collapse Within Three Years
(AP)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030801074252/www.enn.com/news/2003-07-22/s_6781.asp>
Deep Sea Species Being Devastated (UPI)
<http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=15022002-024304-5327r>
Dead Zones in the Oceans (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C283243%2C00.html>
Humans' Closest Relatives - Bonobos - Facing Extinction
(BBC-- 2004) <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4080807.stm>
Bonobos on Brink of Extinction (Reuters-- 2005)
<http://www.rednova.com/news/science/231359/congos_apes_reach_the_brink_of_extinction/>
Bush Meat Trade Pushing Bonobos to Extinction (Christian
Science Monitor)
<http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/06/07/p6s1.htm>
Is Humanity Suicidal? by E.O. Wilson, Harvard University
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/suicidal.html>
The Future of Life, E.O. Wilson, Harvard University
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0117/p15s01-bogn.html>
Can Humans and Nature Coexist? (USA Today)
<http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m1272/2644_127/53630956/p1/article.jhtml>
The Weeds Shall Inherit the Earth, David Quammen (U.K.
Independent) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/weeds.html>
Life in the Balance, by Niles Eldredge, American Museum of
Natural History
<http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/titles/6276.html>
The Sixth Extinction, by Niles Eldredge, American Museum of
Natural History
<http://www.actionbioscience.org/newfrontiers/eldredge2.html>
World Losing Battle Against Extinctions, Peter Raven,
Washington University (BBC)
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3047253.stm>
The Biodiversity Crisis, Peter Raven, Washington University
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/ravendenton.html>
Earth in the Balance, Peter Raven, Washington University
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/raven.html>
The Future of Life, E.O. Wilson [RealAudio]
<http://www.radio.cbc.ca/programs/quirks/archives/01-02/mar1602.htm>
Are We Facing Mass Extinction? Peter Raven [RealAudio]
<http://www.glrc.org/story.php3?story_id=175>
End of the Wild, Stephen M. Meyer, MIT
<http://bostonreview.net/BR29.2/meyer.html>
Mass Extinction Foreseen, Michael Soule, U.C. Santa Cruz
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050301092731/archive.greenpeace.org/majordomo/index-press-releases/1997/msg00184.html>
Biotic Holocaust, Norman Myers, Oxford University
<http://www.nwf.org/internationalwildlife/1998/holocaus.html>
A Winnowing for Tomorrow's World, Norman Myers, Oxford
University <http://www.eco-action.org/dt/winnow.html>
Planet Faces Mass Extinction, Richard Leakey
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/leakey.html>
Earth On Edge, Michael Novacek, American Museum of Natural
History <http://www.pbs.org/earthonedge/program/novacek2.html>
Repeating History at Our Peril, by David Suzuki, University
of British Columbia
<http://web.archive.org/web/20030218184053/www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/2001/06/06152001/history_44007.asp>
Ecologists Predict Massive Extinction (University of
Tennessee)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020811183814/http://beacon-www.asa.utk.edu/issues/v78/n2/asteroids.2n.html>
The Dawn of a New Mesozoic Era (Wired News)
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0%2C1282%2C21059%2C00.html>
Losing Strands in the Web of Life (Worldwatch Institute)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020214054934/www.blarg.net/~critter/WildSide/strands.htm>
Extinctions Past and Present (World Book)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010815073953/www.worldbook.com/fun/wbla/earth/html/ed12.htm>
The Brink of the Homogocene (U.S. National Academy of
Sciences) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/homogocene.html>
Rapid Species Loss a Global Danger (Science)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20011129072749/ens.lycos.com/ens/mar2000/2000L-03-10-01.html>
A Field Guide to the Sixth Extinction (N.Y. Times)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/fieldguide.html>
The Last of Their Kind (E/Environmental Magazine)
<http://www.emagazine.com/may-june_1999/0599feat1.html>
Local Populations Going Extinct (Stanford University)
<http://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/report/news/october29/population.html>
Genetic Diversity Within Single Species As Crucial as
Species Diversity (National Geographic)
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/08/0821_020821_diversity.html>
Study Jolts Views on Recovery from Extinctions (N.Y. Times)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/recovery.html>
Recovery From Extinction Will Take Ten Million Years (ABC
News)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020204041930/abcnews.go.com/sections/science/DailyNews/extinction000308.html>
Global Warming May Cause Extinction of 95% of Species (The
Scotsman-- 2003)
<http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=670762003>
Global Warming Report Predicts Doom For Many Species (N.Y.
Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/global/090100global-climate.html>
Global Warming May Make Mass Extinction Unavoidable (Univ.
of Arizona)
<http://ali.opi.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UANews.woa/1/wa/SRStoryDetails?ArticleID=6506&wosid=cTbps45nqO60ugGKknmqOM>
Global Warming Threatens Third of World Habitat (Reuters)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20040603054426/csf.colorado.edu/forums/pfvs/2000/msg04568.html>
Extinctions, Not Random, Threaten Thousands of Species
(UniSci)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20010208193640/unisci.com/stories/20002/0414002.htm>
Hunting To Extinction (U.S. News and World Report)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/hunting.html>
What Will We Lose As More Species Vanish? (N.Y. Times)
<http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/980602stevens.html>
Human Alteration of Environment has Triggered Sixth Major
Extinction (Nature)
<http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v405/n6783/full/405234a0_fs.html>
Human Domination of Earth's Ecosystems (Science)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/domination.html>
Humans Now Using 40% Of All Resources Available For Life On
Earth (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4474123%2C00.html>
Ecological Overshoot: Humans Exceeding Earth's Capacity
(U.S. National Academy of Sciences)
<http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/99/14/9266>
Smaller Households Lead to Vanishing Biodiversity (Nature)
<http://forests.org/articles/reader.asp?linkid=19308>
World's Ecosystems on Verge of Sudden Collapse (Nature)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/collapse.html>
The Current Biodiversity Extinction Event (U.S. National
Academy of Sciences)
<http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/98/10/5466>
The Biotic Crisis and the Future of Evolution (U.S. National
Academy of Sciences)
<http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/98/10/5389>
Biodiversity: Vanishing Before Our Eyes (Time Magazine)
<http://www.time.com/time/reports/earthday2000/biodiversity.html>
Time Nearly Up For Human Race (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/uk_news/story/0%2C3604%2C367713%2C00.html>
Humans Moving Closer To Extinction, Study Says (Seattle
Post-Intelligencer)
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/grow05.shtml>
Time Running Out For the Environment (Johns Hopkins
Population InformationProgram)
<http://www.jhuccp.org/pressroom/2001/01-05.shtml>
British Environment Minister: Humans Killing Planet (U.K.
Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,895067,00.html>
Needed-- Two More Planets (WWF)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20050305051701/www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/press_releases/news.cfm?uNewsID=2155>
Nature's Crown Jewels Face Ruin (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4353337%2C00.html>
Extinction Crisis Even Worse Than Previously Thought
(Science) <http://www.well.com/user/davidu/worse.html>
Governments Sound Biodiversity Alarm (Convention on
Biological Diversity)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20020126232606/www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/2000/05/05202000/biocon_13133.asp>
UN Paints Grim Global Picture (United Nations Environment
Program--Outlook 2000)
<http://www.mapcruzin.com/scruztri/docs/news0922991.htm>
Earth on Edge of a Precipice: United Nations 2001 Population
Report
<http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/13190/story.htm>
Earth Will Expire By 2050 (World Wildlife Fund)
<http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0%2C6903%2C750783%2C00.html>
2002 Biodiversity Summit a Complete Failure (U.K. Guardian)
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C687562%2C00.html>
Condition Critical: U.N. Assessment of Earth's Ecosystems
(Time)
<http://www.time.com/time/reports/earthday2000/assessment.html>
The Fraying Web of Life (United Nations)
<http://web.archive.org/web/20040415005749/www.wri.org/wri/wr2000/wr2000-nr01.html>
A History of Awareness of the Current Mass Extinction (Wild
Earth Magazine)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/earlyawareness.html>
Why Are We Not Astonished? Ed Ayres (Worldwatch)
<http://www.well.com/user/davidu/astonished.html>
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He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, and has
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