{"id":1676,"date":"2011-05-17T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/?p=1676"},"modified":"2011-05-17T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-17T11:55:20","slug":"hundreds-of-species-face-extinction-across-europe-in-crisis-of-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/17\/hundreds-of-species-face-extinction-across-europe-in-crisis-of-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of species face extinction across Europe in &#8216;crisis of biodiversity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Media Watch, Mail Online, 17 May 2011<\/h5>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1678\" title=\"161111\" src=\"http:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/161111.jpg\" alt=\"young mediterranean monk seal\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/161111.jpg 270w, https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/161111-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>Hundreds of species are facing extinction across Europe in a &#8216;crisis of biodiversity&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the EU&#8217;s Environment Commissioner <\/span><span>Janez Potocnik,<\/span><span> animals such as the Iberian lynx, the Mediterranean monk seal and the Bavarian pine vole could soon be gone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>These  are among hundreds of species &#8211; up to a quarter of the total native to  the continent &#8211; that are threatened with extinction according to a  warning issued this month by the European Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;Biodiversity is in crisis, with species extinctions running at unparalleled rates,&#8217; said a statement from Mr Potocnik.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The threatened species include mammals, amphibians, reptiles, birds and butterflies and plant life is also under threat.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The  crisis is due to several factors, including loss of habitat, pollution,  alien species encroachment, climate change and overfishing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Critics say the EU&#8217;s proposed solutions don&#8217;t go far enough and lack funding. [&#8230;Continues&#8230;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Source: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-1387677\/Hundreds-species-face-extinction-Europe-crisis-biodiversity.html\">Hundreds of species face extinction across Europe in &#8216;crisis of biodiversity&#8217;<\/a>, Mail Online, 17 May 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Watch, Mail Online, 17 May 2011 Hundreds of species are facing extinction across Europe in a &#8216;crisis of biodiversity&#8217;. According to the EU&#8217;s Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik, animals such as the Iberian lynx, the Mediterranean monk seal and the Bavarian pine vole could soon be gone. These are among hundreds of species &#8211; up &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/17\/hundreds-of-species-face-extinction-across-europe-in-crisis-of-biodiversity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hundreds of species face extinction across Europe in &#8216;crisis of biodiversity&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mediterranean-news","category-med-monk-seal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1676"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1680,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1676\/revisions\/1680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monachus-guardian.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}