threatened species

collocation in English

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threatened
adjective
uk
/ˈθret.ənd/us
/ˈθret.ənd/
in danger, or likely to ...
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species
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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(Definition ofthreatenedandspeciesfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Related programmes are being carried out for many otherthreatenedspecies.
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Contribution of inbreeding to extinction risk inthreatenedspecies.
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Moreover, in most instances, the grazing animals will not be elephants or black rhinos, so the externality does not come through the most rare andthreatenedspecies.
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We are committed to supporting the biodiversity action plans that have been drawn up for many of our important andthreatenedspeciesand habitats.
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Threatenedspecieswere mentioned in those earlier debates, and have been mentioned again today.
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We also need to protectthreatenedspecieseffectively from the incidental results of lawful operations, whether in hedgerows, the seas, or anywhere else.
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A review of the ethics of the application of this technique tothreatenedspecieswould be premature.
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We who live in the national park are athreatenedspecies.
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If we did, we would actually be securing the future of 12threatenedspecies, and we would enhance the areas involved.
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British seamen are the best there is, but they are athreatenedspecies.
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Swedish parliamentary auditors noted that old growth forests, containingthreatenedspecies, continue to be logged and stated that there are insufficient resources for forest protection.
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It is a belated rescue operation for athreatenedspecies.
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Current legislation protectingthreatenedspecieswherever they exist is strong and has done much to further their conservation.
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I am becoming almost athreatenedspeciesby not being a member of the ethnic community.
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The convention regulates the import and export ofthreatenedspecies.
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Political will is needed in order to save the mostthreatenedspeciesof flora and fauna.
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Conservation ofthreatenedspeciesis primarily the responsibility of the country of origin, not the importing country.
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The commission agreed further steps about the need to conserve and protect small cetacean stocks, and concluded a number of specific resolutions dealing with particularlythreatenedspecies.
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Heath and moorland are vital tothreatenedspecieslike the sand lizard, which is a red data book species.
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