In 2003 the World Conservation Union's Red List said more than 12,000 species (out of 40,000 assessed) faced some extinction risk, including:
- one bird in eight
- 13% of the world's flowering plants
- a quarter of all mammals.
Biodiversity: The Sixth Great Wave (BBC News On-lIne; Friday 1st October 2004)
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I somehow managed to keep it mostly at bay. I felt miserable the weekend before last but it was gone by the time the Americans invaded Cambridge. ;o)
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