I thought that this may be of interest, and a nice warm up for my next post which will be on recent extinction rates.
The article states that each stone block will be carved to depict the 850 species lost since 1662. This is a truly shocking figure considering the background extinction rate is 0.1-1 extinctions per thousand species per thousand years (Milennium Assessment 2000).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10503222
Enjoy!
References:
http://www.millenniumassessment.org/
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