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...that IUCN is one of the world’s oldest and largest global
environmental network. It is made up of more than 1,000 government
and non-government organisations and almost 11,000 volunteer
scientists in more than 160 countries. The research for the report
took five years and involved more than 1,700 scientists around the
world.
...that IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, which overall
includes 44,838 species, of which 16,928 are threatened with
extinction. Of these, 3,246 are in the highest category of threat,
critically endangered; 4,770 are endangered and 8,912 are vulnerable
to extinction. The IUCN estimated that 76 mammal species have gone
extinct since 1500AD.
... that as many as half of the Indonesian Kutai National Park’s
490,000 acres have been damaged because of development and illegal
logging, Tandya said, adding that he had only 27 rangers to patrol
the entire park.
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that widespread illegal logging and deforestation have reduced
Indonesia’s overall orangutan population to about 60,000, an
estimated 80 percent reduction in the past decade, said Anne Russon,
an orangutan expert from York University in Toronto who has done
extensive research on the apes in Indonesia for the past 14 years,
including in this park.
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... that Dengue is the most common mosquito born virus. There is no
vaccine or antiviral therapy against dengue available. The WHO
(World Health Organization) estimates that 50 million people could
be stricken by dengue each year around the world.
...that the mosquito-borne yellow fever virus infects 206,000 people
a year and kills 52,000, mainly in tropical regions of Africa and
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