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By doing so, Slow Food hopes to promote the growing and eating of foods which are sustainable and preserve biodiversity in the human food chain. The list is intended to include foods which are rare, and are "culturally or historically linked to a specific region, locality, ethnicity or traditional production practice". [ 2 ]
The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
North-island-kaka South-island-kaka. The calls include a harsh ka-aa and a whistling u-wiia. [16] Kākā beak morphology also differs slightly from its closest relatives, the kea and kākāpō. The rhinotheca (upper part of the beak) of the kākā is narrower than the kākāpo and slightly longer. [17]
One of the world's most famous athletes during his playing career, Kaká was the first sportsperson to amass 10 million followers on Twitter. [17] [18] Outside of football, Kaká is known for his humanitarian work, where he became the youngest ambassador of the UN World Food Programme in 2004. [19]
The kākāpō is critically endangered; the total known population of living individuals is 244 (as of 2024). [6] Known individuals are named, tagged and confined to four small New Zealand islands, all of which are clear of predators; [ 7 ] however, in 2023, a reintroduction to mainland New Zealand ( Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari ) was ...
Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered. Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 Red List criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention. Near Threatened (NT) – close to being endangered in the near future.
EF compares the EFSET's accuracy to the most widely used high stakes standardized English tests: TOEFL, IELTS, and Cambridge International Examinations. [ 2 ] There are three versions of the EFSET: a 15-minute test which is basically a quiz type test, a 50-minute test which assesses the reading and listening skills, and a 90-minute test which ...
Clianthus puniceus, common name kaka beak (Kōwhai Ngutu-kākā in Māori), is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clianthus of the legume family Fabaceae, native to New Zealand's North Island. Description