[PCA] NEWS: Scientists aim to map and save endangered habitats

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Wed Jan 5 08:04:44 CST 2011


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101231/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_threatened_ecosystems

Scientists aim to map and save endangered habitats
By Ian James, Associated Press -- Fri Dec 31, 12:16 am ET

CARACAS, Venezuela -- From mangrove swamps in Venezuela to lowland forests 
in Indonesia, entire communities of plants and animals are under threat. 
Now scientists are figuring out how to catalog and map the world's most 
threatened ecosystems -- just like their familiar list of endangered 
species.

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