Over 15,000 Species Facing Extinction, Report Warns

Development pressures, habitat loss, climate change and pollution are driving the world's non-human species and plants to the brink.

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November 20, 2004, 9:00 AM PST

By Michael Dudley

Included on the 2004 "Red List" of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources are 12% of all known bird species, 23% of known mammal species and 32% of all known amphibian species.

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FULL STORY: The 2004 IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species

Thursday, November 18, 2004 in International Union for Conservation of Nature

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