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Conservation Group Aims to Save Hundreds of Rare Species

Alliance for Zero Extinction Identifies Pivitol Sites for Biodiversity

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Conservation organizations from around the world have joined together to create the Alliance for Zero Extinction, an initiative that focuses on preventing extinctions by identifying and protecting key sites that are the last remaining habitat for one or more endangered species. The Alliance for Zero Extinction is currently focusing on the species and sites in most urgent need of protection.

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Worthens-Sparrow (Spizella wortheni)Worthens-Sparrow (Spizella wortheni)Fuerte's parrot - Hapalopsittaca fuertesi.Fuerte's Parrot (Hapalopsittaca fuertesi)Soccorro Island, Mexico.Soccorro Island, MexicoWhooping crane - Grus americana.Whooping-Crane (Grus americana)
Philautus ocularis.Philautus ocularisSaltillo Savanna, Mexico.Saltillo Savanna, MexicoSanta Marta Parakeet - Pyrrhura viridicata.Santa Marta Parakeet (Pyrrhura viridicata)Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.Parque Nacional Natural Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Silhouette Island, Seychelles.Silhouette Island, SeychellesReserva Natural El Paujil, Colombia.Reserva Natural El Paujil, ColombiaGorgeted Wood Quail - Odontophorus strophium.Gorgeted Wood Quail (Odontophorus strophium)Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile.Isla Robinson Crusoe, Chile

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