Australia's Coral Sea home to over 300 Threatened Animal Species

7:17 AM Mon 25 Oct 2010 GMT

'Coral se conservation zone.
www.environment.gov.au/.../fs-coral-sea.html ' Australian Government

Forty-two percent of the world's critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable coral species, as identified by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), are found in the Coral Sea Conservation Zone. This internationally significant region is home to more than 300 animal species currently listed on the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species. Protecting threatened marine species, such as those found in the Coral Sea, and identifying strategies to halt the loss of global biodiversity, will be major themes for countries gathering this week in Japan for the Tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention ...

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