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Save Plant and Animal Species. Save Our Planet. Save Our Future: ACB Press Statement on the Occasion of World Environment Day 2010

14 Jun 2010 | by IW:LEARN
Scientists estimate that there are between five to 100 million plant and animal species sharing this planet with us. Thus far, only about two million of these species have been identified. But did you know that 17,291 of these plants and animals are threatened with extinction? In the ASEAN region alone, 2,517 out of 8,613 or 30 percent of species assessed by the International Union for Conservatio