Baiji – Yangtze River Dolphin
(Photo: Dr. Sam Turvey)
I was deeply moved on learning of this brilliant, profound and ultimately humanitarian enterprise. It does the UK proud. I hope the US and others will follow suit.
Professor E.O. Wilson to Professor Ghillean Prance, Chairman of MEMO
21st January 2009
Baiji – Yangtze River Dolphin
(Photo: Dr. Sam Turvey)
With the Holocene Extinction Event we are currently witnessing the most rapid species decline in the Earth's history.
These are examples of large, photogenic and memorable species; current estimates are that half of all species will become extinct within a century.