Let`s think about our children`s future

[lovuian]

http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2004/10/16/56647.html

Let`s think about our children`s future

04:37 2004-10-16
The first worldwide assessment of amphibians--the group that includes frogs, toads, salamanders and caecilians--concludes that they are in even more trouble than mammals and birds are. The study classifies nearly a third of the 5,743 known amphibian species as threatened. And another quarter might be if scientists knew more about them. In many cases, the researchers could not explain the threat in terms of known causes, such as habitat destruction or hunting.
Five hundred and twenty scientists in more than 60 countries contributed to the Global Amphibian Assessment, coordinated by IUCN, Conservation International and NatureServe. Regional experts decided whether each species was "vulnerable," "endangered" or "critically endangered." The IUCN Red List of threatened species defines these categories using such criteria as population size, population decrease and species range reduction. A report published online yesterday by Science summarizes the results, informs Scientific American.
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Where are the US scientists and the media this is important stuff!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. WP article from yesterday morning:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33569-2004Oct14.html?sub=AR

[mike_c]

2. U.S. scientists are at the forefront of imperiled amphibian...

...research. I have colleagues working on this. As for the media, amphibian decline did get some press a few years ago-- it's NOT a new issue-- but the causes turned out to be rather complex and multidimensional. Not easily distilled into a soundbite. This latest round of attention will likely disappear down the same memory hole, IMO, and for the same reasons. Damned shame.

[Nay]

3. "They came for the frogs, but I didn't say anything because I wasn't

a frog. They came for the newts, and I didn't say anything because I wasn't a newt. . ."

20 years later. . .

OOOOOPS.

[Moderator]

4. Opinion piece, not LBN

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