May 17, 2010 -- Birdlife International has expressed concern that much of the Pacific region's biodiversity is threatened with extinction.
Don Stewart, Birdlife International's Pacific regional director, said the region was home to 44 critically-endangered bird species -- which meant that the Pacific had the highest number of bird species on the brink of extinction compared to the rest of the world.
Birdlife International said global biodiversity, including the Pacific Islands' region was under threat. Read the full story to get the details.
