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World species dying out like flies says WWF

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May 19, 2008
        
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By Jeremy Lovell LONDON (Reuters) - World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said on Friday It warned that climate change would... [read full story]                    

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WWF to commemorate the day

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Wildlife numbers plummet globally

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WWF to commemorate the day

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May 21, 2008
        

Karachi The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) — Pakistan’s Indus for All Programme — in collaboration with the community-based organisations has planned to organise an event in Nawabshah at H.M. Khoja Auditorium to mark the International Biodiversity Day. The event will consist of different...

                   

REPORT: 25 PERCENT OF ANIMAL SPECIES HAVE DISAPPEARED SINCE 1970

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May 21, 2008
        

BONN, Germany, May 21, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- According to the study, "2010 and beyond: Rising to the Biodiversity Challenge," by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), more than a quarter of all animal species have disappeared since 1970 as a consequence of human action. The report was presented in Bonn,...

                   

Biodiversity Falling at Alarming Rate

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May 21, 2008
        

Conservation groups say that more than one-quarter of the world’s wildlife has been lost since 1970, a rate “unprecedented since the extinction of the dinosaurs.” The populations of species fell by 25 percent on land, 28 percent in the oceans, and 29 percent in freshwater ecosystems, according to...

                   

Fears Over Wildlife's Declining Diversity

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May 20, 2008
        

BIODIVERSITY has declined by almost a third in the past 35 years, a shocking report fromWWF reveals. The Living Planet Index, which tracks nearly 4,000 populations of species, shows that land-based, marine and freshwater species fell overall by 27% between 1970 and 2005.

                   

Wildlife numbers plummet globally: WWF

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May 19, 2008
        

by Staff Writers London (AFP) May 16, 2008 The world's wildlife populations have reduced by around a quarter since the 1970s, according to a major report published Friday by the WWF conservation organization. Marine species have been particularly hard hit as the human population booms, while...

                   
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Wildlife numbers plummet globally

cosmosmagazine.com
May 19, 2008
        

Living planet index: The marine realm has been hit hard by biodiversity losses. Marine species have been particularly hard hit as the human population booms, while numbers of birds and, fish and animals have also gone down, said the conservation group WWF in a report released on Friday....

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