Word: speciesism
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"We can say that the animal is functionally extinct," says August Pfluger, head of the Zurich-based Baiji.org Foundation, which in December co-sponsored a six-week, 2,000-mile (3,500-km) survey of the Yangtze without finding a single remaining member of the critically endangered species. The dolphin...
But unlike most species, Banaji said, human intelligence allows for an ability to correct for those biases.
Mr. Blair arrived Monday on 48-hour tour aimed, in part, at finding digs in Jerusalem suitable to his stature as the representative of the Quartet of world powers - the United States, the European Union, Russia and the United Nations - ostensibly mediating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Blair had expressed an...
In 2004, the Nature Conservancy approached a San Francisco nonprofit environmental organization called Sustainable Conservation to spearhead an action plan to combat invasives in California, one of the hardest hit states in the nation. Bringing together environmentalists, ecologists, government agencies and professional horticulturists, along with representatives from industry, the group...
In the meantime, individual gardeners need to become educated consumers. Landscape architect Smith suggests that you begin by checking the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture website for state-by-state listings of invasives. He also recommends that you do your research before you buy: "If you ask trained horticultural staff about...