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One third of the animals could see a dramatic decline this century through climate change 21st May 2013 Research led by Dr Rachel Warren from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at UEA has looked at 50,000 globally widespread and common species and found that more than one half of the plants and one third of the animals will lose more than half of their climatic range by 2080 if nothing is done to reduce the amount of global warming and slow it down. read more New CAFF Arctic Biodiversity Assessment Helps CMS Conserve Migratory Species 16th May 2013 The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), the biodiversity working group of the Arctic Council has published the “Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA),” a report on the status and trends of Arctic biodiversity. read more CITES: urgent action needed to protect elephants in the Dzanga-Sanga National Park from armed groups 9th May 2013 The Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), John E. Scanlon, expressed his grave concern over the recent reports of the deteriorating situation in the Central African Republic. Information suggests that armed groups have entered and may have started to massacre forest elephants in a World Heritage Site located in the south-western corner of the country bordering Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. read more