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The Atlantic Sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Atlantic Sturgeon
Posted in Europe, IUCN Species of the Day, Oceans with tags Acipenser sturio, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Atlantic Sturgeon, Biodiversity., captive breeding programme, caviar, channelization, CITES, Conservation, critically endangered, critically endangered fish, Current Events, Development, Dordogne Basin, Education, endangered fish, Endangered Species, Environment, erosion, Europe, European coastline, European fish, Extinction, fish, France, Garonne Basin, Gironde, Gironde basin, habitat degradation, habitat loss, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal fishing, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, killing, natal rivers, Nature, News, overfishing, overharvesting, poaching, pollution, river bank erosion, river channelization, river development, river systems, riverine habitat, sedimentation, silt, Society, spawning grounds, stop poaching, sturgeon caviar, sturgeon nursery haitat, sturgeon spawning grounds, sturgeons, vulnerable to overfishing, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, world's most threatened animal group on September 15, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Crau Plain Grasshopper
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., bugs, Conservation, Crau Plain Grasshopper, critically endangered, critically endangered insects, Culture, Current Events, Education, Endangered Species, entomology, Environment, Extinction, flightless grasshoppers, France, grasshopper research, grasshoppers, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, industrial development, insects, killing, La Crau, landscape conversion, Nature, News, poaching, population ecology, Prionotropis hystrix rhodanica, Society, southern France, translocation project, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, [ on September 5, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Crau Plain Grasshopper, Prionotropis hystrix rhodanica, has not yet been evaluated for the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. However, it has a provisional assessment of ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’. Continue reading
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