An Atlas of Endangered Species

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Much like her presenting style, Megan McCubbin's writing has an effortless appeal to a diverse audience, from the curious child to the most seasoned of conservationists. With a third mass extinction on our doorstep, it's also very timely, and I'm delighted to see that it's been written by one of the foremost of the generation of new, young naturalists that are helping to change our perception and appreciation of the natural world.

He was one of the old generation of gentlemen conservationists who mixed saving species with hunting others – which he never saw as a contradiction. With twenty percent of the earth's species facing extinction by 2030, this striking atlas brings up to date the data on those that have been lost already, those that are threatened, and those that are surviving today. As development brings people deeper into a species range, they may have more exposure to wild species. Biologists, anthropologists, meteorologists, and other scientists have developed complex ways to determine a species’ probability of extinction.Richard Mackay is a specialist in environmental-impact assessment and an environmental policy maker for major companies. This shocking statistic from the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one driver behind a new mini-anthology, An Atlas of Endangered Species.

A species may be listed as extinct in the wild only after years of surveys have failed to record an individual in its native or expected habitat. This event has now sold out, please contact the Box Office if you wish to be added to the waiting list. Groups of species that have a tendency to inbreed usually have little genetic variation, because no new genetic information is introduced to the group. The Ethiopian banana frog ( Afrixalus enseticola) is a small frog native to high- altitude areas of southern Ethiopia. As people kill these wild animals, through pesticides, accidents such as collisions with cars, or hunting, native species may become endangered.Hexham Book Festival is a Not For Profit CIC and delivers an annual festival that takes place in and around Hexham each year.

It is a vulnerable species because its area of occupancy is less than 2,000 square kilometers (772 square miles).Plant breeders often go back to wild varieties to collect genes that will help cultivated plants resist pests and drought, and adapt to climate change. The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty to sustain and protect the diversity of life on Earth.