BIRDS OF PRAISE

2018 - Ongoing

1.  Scientists estimate that 150-200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every 24 hours.

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2.  Experts calculate that between 0.01 and 0.1% of all species will become extinct each year. If the low estimate of the number of species out there is true - i.e. that there are around 2 million different species on our planet** - then that means between 200 and 2,000 extinctions occur every year.

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1. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/17/un-environment-programme-_n_684562.html

2. wwf.panda.org/our_work/biodiversity/biodiversity/