91.   Once a designation is made, special land management is required to protect the species, officials said.

92.   Research leader Loren Wiesner notes that while groups have collected wild seeds to protect particular species, no one has ever tried to freeze-dry an entire habitat.

93.   She said she supports protecting endangered species and fighting pollution but prefers to do it in collaboration with state and local governments.

94.   She said the agency remains committed to the ecological health of national forests and to protecting endangered species.

95.   Some conservationists talk of setting up more nature reserves to protect endangered species, but there is little room.

96.   The American state joins South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, South Africa and the Maldives in the list of areas where the species is protected.

97.   The authorities, however, consider the smuggling of snakes a crime, as some species are protected by law.

98.   The committee said the group has failed to protect threatened species.

99.   The case demonstrates the problems China has in protecting endangered species, despite recent efforts to tighten enforcement of environmental protection laws.

100.   The groups said Canada, along with the United States and Mexico, committed themselves to develop or maintain legislation protecting threatened species.