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	Extinction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A species may become functionally extinct when only a handful of individuals survive, which are unable to reproduce due to poor health, age, sparse distribution over a large range, a lack of individuals of both sexes (in sexually reproducing species), or other reasons.
		Endangered species are species that are in danger of becoming extinct; several organizations attempt to preserve recognized endangered species through a variety of conservation programs.
		The degradation of a species' habitat may alter the fitness landscape to such an extent that the species is no longer able to survive and becomes extinct.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Extinction (3144 words)

	InfoHub - Endangered Species
		Species that are on the verge of extinction are called endangered species.
		A species is thought to be extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, after exhaustive surveys in known or expected habitat, at appropriate times throughout its historic range have failed to record an individual.
		A species is extinct in the wild when it is known only to survive in cultivation, in captivity or as a naturalised population well outside the past range.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showthread.php?p=4749&mode=threaded (769 words)

	Significant species
		Vulnerable: A species is eligible to be listed as a vulnerable species if, in the opinion of the Scientific Committee, the species is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances and factors threatening its survival or evolutionary development cease to operate.
		Vulnerable: (1) For the purposes of this Act, a species is vulnerable at a particular time if, within the next 25 years, the species is likely to become unless the circumstances and factors threatening its abundance, survival or evolutionary development cease to operate.
		A native species is eligible to be included in the "conservation dependent" category at a particular time if, at that time, the species is the focus of a specific conservation program, the cessation of which would result in the species becoming vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered within a period of 5 years.
	nor.com.au /environment/clarencecatchment/vegetation/rares/sigspp.htm (1974 words)

	Birds Species Accounts
		This species was regularly encountered during VCP Sampling and during general observations recorded in pairs or groups of 4 to six individuals, in Type B forest at ECO.
		Sometimes the species was observed roosting in pairs in the subcanopy of tall canopy trees.
		This species is now absent from B/F forest bamboo habitat at EI since the bamboo seeded and died in the early part of the decade.
	www.geocities.com /project_tambopata_peru/birds_species_accounts.htm (6092 words)

	The Mysterious Vulnerable Species List
		One of the "special features" used to classify wetlands is the presence of a vulnerable plant or animal species.
		A definition of vulnerable species is provided at 6 NYCRR 664.6 (c)(5).
		Determining if a species meets the vulnerable species definition is thus left to department personnel or, if challenged, to the courts.
	home.alltel.net /tesinc/NewsMysteriousVulnSpecies.htm (476 words)

	NSW SoE 2000: Biodiversity 6.8
		For the purposes of State of the Environment reporting on aquatic species diversity in NSW, the core environmental indicator ' Biodiversity Indicator 6.12: Aquatic extinct, endangered and vulnerable species and ecological communities' is used; responses to declines in aquatic species diversity are reported using the indicator ' Biodiversity Indicator 6.13: Aquatic recovery plans'.
		The recovery plans are designed to promote the rehabilitation of a threatened species, population or ecological community, with the aim of returning the species, population or ecological community to a position of long-term viability in nature.
		The species was formally protected in the 1980s, later being listed as 'endangered' in both the NSW Fisheries Management Act 1994 (FM Act) and the Commonwealth Endangered Species Protection Act 1992 (Cwlth) (superseded by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) in July 2000).
	www.epa.nsw.gov.au /soe/soe2000/cb/cb_6.8.htm (1176 words)

	VALUES OF PROPOSED RESERVE AREAS
		Goonoo is a regional stronghold of the vulnerable Greater Long-eared Bat (Ellis and Turbill, 2002).
		Species for which Pilliga West is a stronghold in the BBSB include the Barking Owl, Blue Bonnet, Masked Owl, Grey-crowned Babbler, Koala, Greater Long-eared Bat, Pale-headed Snake, Spotted Bowerbird, Squirrel Glider, Hooded Robin, Chestnut-rumped Thornbill, Red-capped Robin and White-browed Babbler.
		Warung is near Coolah and exhibits a high level of fauna diversity with 15 significant species known to occur and it is faunally distinct in the subregion.
	www.npansw.org.au /wca-bbs/html/brigalow/values_of_forests1.htm (3233 words)

	WWF - African elephants
		A more long-term threat to the species, however, is the reduction of habitat available to elephants in the face of expanding human populations.
		The elephant's tusks, large modified incisors that grow throughout the species lifetime, occur in both males and females and are used in fights, for marking, feeding and digging.
		The influence elephants have over many plant and animal species means they are often referred to as keystone species that are vital to the long-term survival of the ecosystems in which they live.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/species/what_we_do/flagship_species/elephants/african_elephant/index.cfm (660 words)

	Environmental Defense - Press Release: Areas With Many Endangered Species May Soon See More
		It highlights 19 counties as hot spots of vulnerability, containing 23 rare bird and 106 rare butterfly species (none of which are officially designated as endangered species).
		The study finds that areas currently containing the greatest number of protected endangered species also contain large numbers of unprotected species that have small ranges in the US and are therefore vulnerable to extinction.
		Ongoing efforts to preserve the habitats of protected endangered species should be expanded to include these unprotected but vulnerable species too.
	www.environmentaldefense.org /pressrelease.cfm?ContentID=1137 (464 words)

	Biodiversity - Threatened Species
		Endangered species are under the most threat and likely to become extinct in the near future unless the circumstances and factors threatening their survival cease to occur.
		Vulnerable species are those likely to move into the endangered category in the near future unless the circumstances and factors threatening their survival cease to occur.
		Rare species are those that are the least threatened, but at some risk due to their low numbers, restricted distribution or observed declines.
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /reporting/biodiversity/speciesthreats.html (2031 words)

	DEC \| NSW threatened species - NSW Threatened Species Legislation
		The TSC Act defines 'endangered' as a species, population or ecological community that is likely to become extinct or is in immediate danger of extinction.
		A species that is 'presumed extinct' has not been located in nature during the preceding fifty years despite the searching of known and likely habitats.
		A 'vulnerable' species is likely to become endangered unless the circumstances and factors threatening its survival or evolutionary development cease to operate.
	www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au /tsprofile/legislation.aspx (735 words)

	Vulnerable species - NSW DPI - Fisheries
		Was a popular angling species and also caught by professional fishers.
		Are bred and stocked in dams for recreational fishing, and also bred for aquaculture, but are still threatened in the wild.
		Not much is known about their status, but they seem to have declined because of overfishing, changes to habitat and river flows, and introduced species.
	www.fisheries.nsw.gov.au /threatened_species/general/vulnerable_species (324 words)

	Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Bills (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		A committee may be established to advise the Minister of Natural Resources as to which species should be declared endangered, threatened or vulnerable and as to possible recovery plans to ensure the survival of those species.
		The purpose of this Act is to promote the scientific identification, assessment, conservation, protection, management, restoration, reintroduction and rehabilitation of endangered, threatened and vulnerable species and their habitats in Ontario, and to assist the federal government in carrying out its mandate for the conservation of fish and migratory birds.
		(c) declaring any species of animal or plant to be a vulnerable species if, on the basis of biological assessment or research, the species is likely to become a threatened species in the foreseeable future by reason of any of the factors set out in subclauses (a) (i) to (vi);
	www.ontla.on.ca /documents/bills/36_parliament/session1/M96062e.htm (1382 words)

	DEC \| NSW threatened species - Black-browed Albatross
		This species migrates to waters off the continental shelf from approximately May to November and is regularly recorded off the NSW coast during this period.
		This species nests annually on a mound of soil and vegetation, on the cliffs or steep slopes of vegetated antarctic and subantarctic islands.
		Preservation of areas where this species is known to breed and forage.
	www.threatenedspecies.environment.nsw.gov.au /tsprofile/profile.aspx?id=10919 (562 words)

	Vulnerable Plants of Oklahoma, Introduction
		There are over 4,000 plants species potentially vulnerable to extinction in the United States and seventeen of these sensitive species occur in Oklahoma.
		Species loss, in general, may be indicative of an overall deterioration in environmental quality.
		Sensitive species are threatened by many factors, but habitat destruction is a chief threat.
	www.biosurvey.ou.edu /candintr.htm (370 words)

	Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Although this species is not abundant and taken in mixed-species fisheries, it is widespread and there is no evidence of a decline in the population.
		The species is caught in largely unmanaged commercial and recreational fisheries, and there is increasing evidence of local population depletion in the Eastern Pacific and West Atlantic.
		Extensive fishing and this species K-selected life history have caused substantial reductions in abundance and the virtual disappearance of this species from commercial catches in regions where it was once considered fairly common.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/organizations/ssg/redlist.htm (7803 words)

	Biology and Captive Care - Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Peripheral or Naturally Rare: species whose populations within the state are either on the edge of their range, or are historically low because of naturally limiting factors.
		Tier III includes species that are of conservation concern because they are linked to an at-risk habitat, have suffered marked population declines, or there is little information available regarding the ecology or status of the species.
		Species are listed in the phylogenetic order of their families and alphabetically therein.
	www.nanfa.org /bccconservation.shtml (726 words)

	KIDCYBER TOPICS
		Included in this are species that may be extinct but have been seen in the wild less than 50 years ago.
		- species with small populations that are at risk of becoming vulnerable or endangered.
		- species that are known to be endangered, vulnerable or rare, but there is not enough information to know which category they are in.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/Threatened.htm (288 words)

	ACA's FROGS.ORG: Species Info for (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		Typically species with this rank exhibit 6 to 20 occurrences or few remaining individuals (1,000 to 3,000).
		OR the species is VULNERABLE globablly either because very rare and local throughout its range, found only in a a restricted range (even if abundant at some locations), or because of other factors making it vulnerable to extinction.
		The species is not currently protected at the national level in the United States.
	www.frogs.org /amphibianet/species.asp?Genus=Rhyacotriton&Species=olympicus (191 words)

	Threatened species and ecological communities Home page
		For the other species of plants and animals whose survival is threatened a range of management and conservation measures are in place.
		New nominations for species and ecological communities will be assessed under the EPBC Act by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee (TSSC) according to the criteria for the new categories and listed accordingly.
		The TSSC will reconsider the status of the initial national list of threatened species and communities in line with the new refined EPBC categories as information is updated and made available for assessment.
	www.deh.gov.au /biodiversity/threatened (585 words)

	Threatened Species - Number of Extinct, Endangered and Vulnerable Species and Ecological Communities
		In South Australia 1041 of the approximately 4350 species recorded in the State (or 24%) are listed as threatened at the State level: 785 plants, 88 mammals, 127 birds, 39 reptiles and 2 amphibians (Table 5.25).
		For example, invertebrates are indispensable in recycling organic matter, pollinating plant species (for instance, many native orchids are pollinated by host-specific wasps), seed dispersal and harvesting, and as a food source for other species (Yen and Butcher, 1997).
		The total population of this species is estimated to be between 500 and 800 individuals.
	www.environment.sa.gov.au /reporting/biodiversity/speciesthreats/noofextinct.html (2813 words)

	Minister releases management and recovery plans for vulnerable species
		Recovery plans are a requirement under the act for listed threatened and endangered species and outline a series of actions identified as necessary for the recovery of the species.
		The reproductive mechanism of this lichen is especially sensitive since in addition to mature lichen individuals acting as spore sources, it depends on several other organisms, including trees of older age classes, liverworts growing on the trees, cyanobacteria, and invertebrates acting as spore dispersal agents.
		The species has been observed throughout southern Newfoundland but the greatest concentrations are found in the Bay d’Espoir area and on the Avalon Peninsula.
	www.releases.gov.nl.ca /releases/2006/env/0731n04.htm (1466 words)

	Sensitive/vulnerable species
		Sensitive/vulnerable species : Sensitive orvulnerable species as identified by the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks.Blue-listed species are considered to be vulnerable and "at risk" but not yetendangered or threatened.
		Populations of these species may not be declined by theirhabitat or other requirements are such that they are sensitive to further disturbance.
		Theblue list also includes species that are generally suspected of being vulnerable, but forwhich information is too limited to allow designation in another category.
	mongabay.com /reference/environment/Sensitive_vulnerable_species.html (150 words)

	Cheetah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		The genus name, ''Acinonyx'', means "no-move-claw" in Greek, while the species name, ''jubatus'', means "maned" in Latin, a reference to the mane found in Cheetah cubs.
		Now extinct species include: ''Acinonyx pardinensis'' (Pliocene epoch), much larger than modern cheetahs and found in Europe, India, and China; ''Acinonyx intermedius'' (mid-Pleistocene period), found over the same range; and ''Miracinonyx inexpectatus'', ''Miracinonyx studeri'', and ''Miracinonyx trumani'' (early to late Pleistocene epoch), found in North America.
		Cheetahs are included on the IUCN list: vulnerable species (African subspecies threatened, Asiatic subspecies in critical situation) as well as on the US ESA: threatened species - Appendix I of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species).
	www.mycatcenter.com /cheetah.htm (1028 words)

	Threatened Species within Warringah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-01)
		They are a protected species that is currently in decline due to loss of habitat and predation from feral animals as well as unrestrained pets.
		One of Warringah’s vulnerable species is the Eastern Pygmy Possum
		More information about our threatened species and what Warringah residents can do to assist in therecovery of them can be found on these pages, part of the Conservation and Land Management team's web service.
	www.warringah.nsw.gov.au /threatened_species.htm (1440 words)

	Endangered Australian Animals
		When the numbers of a species, or kind, of animals become very low, they are facing a risk of becoming extinct.
		means that the species is not yet classified as endangered, but numbers are continuing to drop.
		are extinct and the remaining species are vulnerable.
	www.kidcyber.com.au /topics/Austendangered.htm (506 words)

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