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A new generation of antibiotics, new treatments for thinning bone disease and kidney failure, and new cancer treatments may all stand to be lost unless the world acts to reverse the present alarming rate of biodiversity loss a new landmark book says.
Rachel D. Cavanagh and Claudine Gibson
Morgan, David ; Sanz, Crickette
ISBN 978-2-8317-0991-8
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More than 40% of shark and ray species in the Mediterranean are threatened with extinction, according to a new report from the World Conservation Union (Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥)
Six out of the world’s eight species of bears are threatened with extinction, according to recent assessments by the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Bear and Polar Bear Specialist Groups. Asia and South America are revealed as the areas most in need of urgent conservation action
The first ever assessment of European freshwater fishes indicates astonishing species diversity but also the devastating impact of over 100 years of development and management of freshwater systems and fishes