Comments on: Not so ‘looming’ – Anthropocene extinctions http://conservationbytes.com/2009/11/04/not-so-looming-anthropocene-extinctions/ Conservation research... with bite Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: News Roundup | a Conservation Blog http://conservationbytes.com/2009/11/04/not-so-looming-anthropocene-extinctions/#comment-3000 News Roundup | a Conservation Blog Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:25:44 +0000 http://conservationbytes.com/?p=3029#comment-3000 [...] Some discussion has arisen about conservation targets due to a recent publication in Conservation Letters. One problem with setting a target may be seen in Britain, where rare species appear to be increasing in abundance (i.e. doing better), while common species are in decline. Sometimes the whole thing feels sort of like the little boy with his finger in the dam. The newly-released IUCN Red List suggests that about 36% of the species analyzed are threatened with extinction (CJB weighs in). [...] [...] Some discussion has arisen about conservation targets due to a recent publication in Conservation Letters. One problem with setting a target may be seen in Britain, where rare species appear to be increasing in abundance (i.e. doing better), while common species are in decline. Sometimes the whole thing feels sort of like the little boy with his finger in the dam. The newly-released IUCN Red List suggests that about 36% of the species analyzed are threatened with extinction (CJB weighs in). [...]

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