Reuben Neville, from the trust, said the fire could threaten the survival of several rare species.
The 43-year-old fund manager is a rare species in Hong Kong's often-turbulent financial world.
The first large-scale survey revealed a treasure trove of rare species, including Siamese crocodiles, previously thought extinct in the wild.
One of them, a retired union coal miner, was identified to me as if he were a rare species of bird.
An avid horticulturalist, he charmed Catherine Deneuve at a dinner party by talking with her for hours about a rare species of peony.
This is because an area may have many rare species, but not enough living matter to, say, prevent a coastline from being eroded.
The woodland, which includes rare species such as white helleborine and carpets of bluebells, is next to the trust's existing nature reserve Swift's Hill.
For years, teams customarily used two wingers, but they've become a rare species as clubs have focused on attacking down the middle of the field.
This extremely rare species was first identified by Dr Crump himself at West Angle Bay and has only been found at seven other sites in Britain.
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Dale's affinity for loud volumes was also influenced by his mountain lion, one of the 40 exotic pets he kept in an effort to preserve rare species.
Backing that view, the barrister for the investment and advisory team, further rejected claims about the potential ecological impact and threat to the habitat of rare species.
The decline has been measured only for a few very rare species but it is clear from surveys that numbers of even the currently most abundant species have gone down.
In addition, the government banned helicopter tours after Peru's Institute of Natural Resources found low-flying aircrafts to be contributing to the disappearance of a rare species of orchid and the Andean Condor.
As in the case of Dr Read's turtles, this is helping scientists to devise ways of protecting rare species in an efficient manner, without interfering too much with the exploitation of common ones.
The other is that upgrading subspecies into species simultaneously increases the number of rare species (by fragmenting populations) and augments the biodiversity of a piece of habitat and thus its claim for protection.
From there, cameraman Eduardo Aragona and I drove two hours on a bumpy, red-dirt road to arrive at the Estancia Rincon del Socorro, the traditional Argentine ranch that the Tompkins operate, and where guests from around the globe come to get up-close looks at rare species of capybara, caiman, deer and scores of birds.
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But the harm they do as a destroyer of habitat, by ripping up corals and sponges, and wrecking the nurseries of fish species that grow very slowly, seems out of proportion to any gain from scraping the ocean floor: one zoologist has compared it to cutting down virgin forests, full of rare species, to collect squirrels.
Discount-cigarette billionaire owns land in Texas, New Mexico and Florida, mostly used to propagate rare animal species, like the pygmy hippo and okapi.
It has some of the highest cliffs in Europe, which have large colonies of rare and endangered species of birds.
Others remember an efficient administrator (admittedly, a rare and valuable species in Russia), always polite, but with no feel for bigger questions.
Home to orangutans, pygmy elephants and clouded leopards, this northeast region in the state of Sabah is a hotspot for rare and endangered species.
The region contains a number of lakes, mires, meadows, swamp and lake complexes with peculiar flora and fauna, including a number of rare and endangered species.
Etosha is home to 114 mammal species -- several of which are rare and endangered -- and 380 species of birds.
Environmentalists said the area is a breeding ground for bird species including rare skylarks and lapwings.
"Aggressive" invertebrates and rare jellyfish were among species identified by volunteers taking part in a research project along the North East coast.
It's even home to some bizarre-looking Xoloitzcuintle dogs, a rare pre-Hispanic, hairless species.
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North Highland Forest Trust (NHFT) said the species was important to rare insects and a key component in healthy wild habitats.
The restored boundaries will allow cattle to graze on some areas, while keeping them out of other areas so species including unusual and rare wild flowers can flourish.
To Roberts, Lake Zakher has reliably proved something of a birdwatcher's paradise, with herons, flamingos and stilts among the rich diversity of species drawn to this rare water source.
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