Environment

Picture gallery: Future dim for threatened species

The environmental conservation group IUCN has delivered a hard-hitting appraisel of the United Nations. Despite its attempts to halt the extinction of endangered species, many are still threatened with extinction.

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Date 14.07.2009
Author Kate Bowen
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