Going, Going, Gone

A compelling analysis of the species that are most at risk of disappearing from our world - and what it means to us to lose them.

We asked 100 conservation groups around the world: 'if you could pick one species that epitomises your work, which would it be?' From the RSPB to WWF to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, and many, many more, the answers came rolling in. Each provided a synopsis of the threats faced by their selected species, a summary of their degree of threat, an outline of the work being done to save them, and a number of ways in which the reader could help to conserve that species.

With beautiful full-page photographs of each of the 100 species, this is a book that will both fascinate and educate and, hopefully, help to secure the future of the threatened animals and plants that it showcases.

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Entries supplied by 100 conservation organisations. Contributors include: OceanCare, EarthWatch Institute, RSPB, WWF, Friends of Conservation, The Wildlife Trusts, The Woodland Trust, Charles Darwin Foundation, BTO, World Owl Trust, Orangutan Foundation, BirdLife International, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Shark Trust, International Crane Foundation and many more

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*Foreword
Introduction*

African Elephant
African Penguin
Amazonian Manatee
Amur Leopard
Ancient Woodland
Andean Condor
Argali Sheep
Ash
Asian Elephant
Azraq Killifish
Barbary Macaque
Basking Shark
Bechstein's Bat
Black Poplar
Black Rhinoceros
Blue-grey Taildropper
Blue-throated Macaw
Bottlenose Dolphin
Brown Hyena
Cheetah
Chimpanzee
Common Crane
Common Dormouse
Common Hippopotamus
Coral Reefs
Corncockle
Dall's Porpoise
Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly
Distinguished Jumping Spider
Drill
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Ethiopian Wolf
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Lynx
European Stag Beetle
Florida Panther
Fosa
Freshwater Pearl Mussel
Gouldian Finch
Grandidier's Baobab
Great Crested Newt
Greater Bamboo Lemur
Greek Red Damselfly
Green Turtle
Grey Nurse Shark
Gurney's Pitta
Hairy-nosed Otter
Hawaiian Cotton Tree
Humphead Wrasse
Irish Hare
Javan Leaf Monkey
Jocotoco Antpitta
Kipunji
Leatherback Turtle
Lion
Little Whirlpool Ram's-Horn Snail
Long-earned Owl
Mangrove Finch
Marsh Fritillary
Mediterranean Monk Seal
Natterjack Toad
North Atlantic Right Whale
Numbat
Oceanic Whitetip Shark
Orangutan
Painted Dog
Philippine Eagle Owl
Pine Marten
Piping Plover
Polar Bear
Ponds
Pygmy Hog
Pygmy Rwandan Water Lily
Rainforest
Red Ruffed Lemur
Red Squirrel
Red-breasted Goose
Roseate Tern
Rosewoods of Madagascar
Scalloped Hammerhead
Scaly-sided Merganser
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Seals
Sharp-tailed Snake
Short-beaked Common Dolphin
Siamese Crocodile
Siberian Crane
Siberian Tiger
Spectacles Bear
Spiny Seahorse
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Sumatran Tiger
Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle
Tomistone
Trinidad Piping Guan
Tristan Albatross
Woolly Monkey
Yellowed-eyed Penguin

Appendix 1: Conversation Groups
Appendix 2: Photographers