Grim news on animal extinction threat greeting Japan biodiversity summit

Those gathering in Nagoya for a U.N. meeting on biological diversity — to set conservation goals for 2020 — face news that scientists find one-fifth of vertebrate species in danger of extinction.Politicians gathering in Nagoya, Japan, for the United Nations' 10th Convention on Biological Diversity — a summit to set conservation goals for 2020 — face grim news: Scientists have reported that one-fifth of Earth's vertebrate species are in danger of extinction.

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