An Atlas of Endangered Species

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Its area of occupancy is enormous, from southeast Africa to the Philippines, and from China to Australia. A species may be listed as extinct in the wild only after years of surveys have failed to record an individual in its native or expected habitat. Galapagos kelp is classified as vulnerable because its population has declined more than 10 percent over 10 years.

As development brings people deeper into a species range, they may have more exposure to wild species. With a third mass extinction on our doorstep, it's also very timely, and I'm delighted to see that it's been written by one of the foremost of the generation of new, young naturalists that are helping to change our perception and appreciation of the natural world. The diversity of life on earth is astounding, with each species perfectly adapted to its environment. The reptiles are considered to be the descendants of people who were miraculously turned into turtles by a saint during the 13th century. Because enormous parts of the Sierra Nevada, Rocky, and Cascade mountain ranges remain undeveloped, however, mountain lions are not endangered.Until 2000, black soft-shell turtles lived throughout the wetlands of the Brahmaputra River, feeding mostly on freshwater fish.

Ebony ( Diospyros crassiflora) is a tree native to the rain forests of central Africa, including Congo, Cameroon, and Gabon. This shocking statistic from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one driver behind a new mini-anthology, An Atlas of Endangered Species. Biodiversity data about plants, animals and fungi and their habitats may be used to educate and inform and in environmental decision-making, state of the environment assessments and restoration and rewilding. An Atlas of Endangered Animalsis a beautifully illustrated, fascinating and important document of an incredible world at risk, and, just maybe, a handbook for restoring it.Meet the species on the brink and the people trying to save them; from the conservation of the functionally extinct northern white rhinos to the protection of the snow leopard and kakapo. In the midst of a biodiversity and climate crisis, there is a lot to discuss and it can feel overwhelming! They cannot adapt to changes in the environment as quickly as other animals, and fewer cheetahs survive to maturity. The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty to sustain and protect the diversity of life on Earth.

Urban areas, such as Los Angeles, California, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, grew rapidly during the 20th century. An Atlas of Endangered Species shows us that the battle is on for their survival – and we all have a part to play.It is an accessibly written tour of species on the brink by rising star Megan McCubbin, a younger naturalist and science communicator. The Siberian sturgeon ( Acipenser baerii) is a large fish found in rivers and lakes throughout the Siberian region of Russia. A species is also classified as endangered when its population has declined at least 80 percent and the cause of the decline is not known.

The Siberian sturgeon is an endangered species because its total population has declined between 50 and 80 percent during the past 60 years (three generations of sturgeon). Most ebony, however, is harvested to make musical instruments such as piano keys and the fingerboards of stringed instruments. Plants such as vines, fungi such as mushrooms, and insects such as butterflies live in the rain forest canopy. A generation is the period of time between the birth of an animal and the time it is able to reproduce.The black soft-shell turtle ( Nilssonia nigricans) is a freshwater turtle that exists only in one man-made pond, at the Baizid Bostami Shrine near Chittagong, Bangladesh.