"The number of animals, plants and other organisms continued to decline in 2007, but for some the threat of extinction had been... warded off, the... the WWF said... the Siberian tiger and the orchid were among the winners according to a list published by the WWF. ... In Vietnam, a number of new animals and plants had been identified in new protection zones created in a national park in the Hue province, including five new types of orchid. ... According to the latest Red list published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, IUCN, 39 per cent of plants and animals were at risk including 16,306 species up from 10,533 in 1996.
The WWF said the number of threatened species continued to increase with no change in the trend in sight." URL : http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/164930.html ********************************* Joyeuses Fetes / Happy Holiday Season ! VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
