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Conservation Group Aims to Save Hundreds of Rare Species

Alliance for Zero Extinction Identifies Pivitol Sites for Biodiversity

From Laura Klappenbach, About.com

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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Upper Waitaki Valley, New Zealand.Upper Waitaki Valley, New ZealandSeychelles Sheath-Tailed Bat (Coleura seychellensis)Seychelles Sheath-Tailed BatGolden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli)Golden-Crowned Sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli)Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis)Rodrigues Flying Fox
Maui parrotbill (Pseudonestor xanthophrys)Maui Parrotbill
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