Wednesday 1 October 2014

Protected areas offer glimmers of hope for wildlife

FLORA AND FAUNA
Protected areas offer glimmers of hope for wildlife
Paris (AFP) Sept 30, 2014 - National parks and other protected areas offer hope for threatened species at a time of plunging wildlife numbers, conservationist group WWF said Tuesday, but their success has not been universal. While the headcount of land-dwelling animals declined an estimated 39 percent overall from 1970 to 2012, that of species in protected areas dropped at the lower rate of 18 percent, the organisation ... more


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