'SPECIES AT RISK'.Byline: SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. Sarah (flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. BARDON DOZENS of Irish species including mussels, salmon and butterflies are under severe threat, conservationists have warned. European Commission environment spokeswoman Barbara Helfferich, said the outlook for Ireland was "gloomy gloom·y adj. gloom·i·er, gloom·i·est 1. Partially or totally dark, especially dismal and dreary: a damp, gloomy day. 2. ". Ms Helfferich added: "We can still turn the situation around in Ireland but it's a matter of getting everybody to work together, including those involved in farming and forestry, and implement the legislation on protecting our biodiversity biodiversity: see biological diversity. biodiversity Quantity of plant and animal species found in a given environment. Sometimes habitat diversity (the variety of places where organisms live) and genetic diversity (the variety of traits expressed ." The report showed Ireland rates as the fifth country with the largest extent of threatened habitats in "favourable" condition after Germany, Portugal, Denmark and Netherlands. The report found the condition of grasslands, wetlands and coastal habitats across the EU were particularly poor, with only 7% of those deemed to be in satisfactory condition. The study laid the blame on intensive agriculture, poor land management and abandonment of land. |
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