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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10500

23 November 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) eu/biodiversity
Alarming decline in biodiversity, says Janez Potocnik

Brussels, 22/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - Although 2010 had been proclaimed the International Year for Biodiversity, biodiversity is going from bad to worse in the European Union and throughout the world. The last Red List of threatened species in the EU, drawn up by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (UICN) and published on 22 November, highlights the alarming decline in Europe's natural heritage. The assessment reveals that 44% of all freshwater molluscs, 37% of freshwater...

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