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  • Forces such as habitat destruction, over-exploitation and invasive competitors move 52 species a category closer to extinction each year.

    'Sneezing Monkey' species discovered in Myanmar Melissa Bell 2010

  • Even the cartoonishly hyperbolic success of the format that's supposedly killing it, Twenty20, has many muttering about over-exploitation and bursting bubbles, especially when the TV viewing figures fell for this year's Indian Premier League.

    Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest Richard Lord 2011

  • In addition, forces such as habitat destruction, over-exploitation and invasive competitors move 52 species a category closer to extinction each year, according to the research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science.

    Global extinction crisis looms, new study says Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • Multiple factors have contributed to the demise, including logging, agricultural land conversion, over-exploitation, population growth, pollution and the impact of invasive alien species.

    One-fifth of world's back-boned animals face extinction, study warns Jonathan Watts in Nagoya 2010

  • In addition, forces such as habitat destruction, over-exploitation and invasive competitors move 52 species a category closer to extinction each year, according to the research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science.

    Global extinction crisis looms, new study says Juliet Eilperin 2010

  • China stepped up efforts to regulate rare-earth mining last year by imposing smaller export quotas and issuing stricter environmental standards, citing the need to protect the resources from over-exploitation and low export prices.

    China Inspects Rare-Earth Production 2011

  • Like his Old Testament predecessors, Mr. Fagan the prophet does not spare his audience's feelings, making over-exploitation of water seem immoral and even irreligious.

    Any Drop to Drink? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto 2011

  • Protected areas, as usually implemented, can only protect from over-exploitation, and from habitat destruction due to exploitation and other direct human actions within their borders.

    Biodiversity On Earth Plummets, Despite Growth in Protected Habitats 2011

  • Even the cartoonishly hyperbolic success of the format that's supposedly killing it, Twenty20, has many muttering about over-exploitation and bursting bubbles, especially when the TV viewing figures fell for this year's Indian Premier League.

    Women's Cricket Scores With Investment, Interest Richard Lord 2011

  • In addition, forces such as habitat destruction, over-exploitation and invasive competitors move 52 species a category closer to extinction each year, according to the research, published online Tuesday by the journal Science.

    Global extinction crisis looms, new study says Juliet Eilperin 2010

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