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<div>Hmmm, I wonder what model they used for this latest "assessment"? I also wonder what excuse they will use if their predictions are as incorrect as the ones that were noted here recently? "Functionally extinct" or "partially dead" ? </div>
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On Sep 6, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Haidet, Margaret (Megan) <<a href="mailto:mahaidet@blm.gov">mahaidet@blm.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>The IUCN World Conservation Congress is shining light on the native plant crisis in Hawaii. </div>
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<div>The recent Red List assessment news on Hawaii's native plants is summarized here:
<a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org/current-news">http://www.iucnredlist.org/current-news</a></div>
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<div>An article from the Honolulu Civil Beat also explores the issue here: <a href="http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/09/iucn-extinction-threatens-87-percent-of-hawaiis-native-plants/">http://www.civilbeat.org/2016/09/iucn-extinction-threatens-87-percent-of-hawaiis-native-plants/</a></div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">"The newly added plant species from Hawaii show the importance of continuing to produce conservation assessments in order for us to better prioritise species in need of
conservation action,” says </span><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Malin Rivers, BGCI</strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,verdana,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">. “This work has highlighted
some species at extremely high risk of extinction and the main threats to the iconic Hawaiian flora, which gives the conservation community an opportunity to take conservation action, both in situ and ex situ, to save these unique plants."</span> </div>
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<div dir="ltr">Megan Haidet
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