News: Experts Develop Global Action Plan to Save Amphibians Facing Extinction
26th Sep 2005, 20:52 GMT
Leading scientists have agreed to an action plan intended to save hundreds of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians facing extinction from familiar threats such as pollution and habitat destruction, as well as a little-known fungus wiping out their populations. (Conservation International press release)
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