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One Quarter of World's Mammals Face Extinction

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A new survey by more than 1700 scientists found that of the world's 5,487 mammal species, one in four are facing imminent extinction and about half are in decline while only 5% are mounting a recovery. Reasons for this decline range from hunting to habitat loss to even some attempts to curb climate change that do not look at all their impacts. Climate change looks to only make this situation worse, but supposed fixes to reduce carbon must also look at impacts on wildlife.

Monday, October 06 2008
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