Coleraine were facing extinction last year through a winding-up order after the Inland Revenue went to the High Court.

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This small forest enclave is also home to hundreds of plant species, some of which, like the kyami tree(ph), are facing extinction in the Caribbean.

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In Britain, where better records have been kept, more than half the native bumblebee species either have become extinct or are facing extinction in the next few decades.

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Annual pay rounds are facing extinction.

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"We are facing an extinction crisis, " said Jane Smart, director of the biodiversity conservation group with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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The species are listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List - a comprehensive source of information on the status of wild species facing a high risk of global extinction - as being 'vulnerable'.

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