Note again this recent statement from Cornell:
Given the tremendous amount of time and effort expended and the very large number of false or ambiguous detections, the general use of ARUs to continuously record during future search efforts may not be cost effective.
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"the general use of ARUs to continuously record during future search efforts may not be cost effective"
Searching for extinct species is, in general, not a particularly cost effective activity.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/01/16/environment.animals.reut/index.html
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Scientists launched a bid on Tuesday to save some of the world's rarest and most neglected creatures from extinction.
With an initial list of just 10 -- including a venomous shrew-like creature, an egg-laying mammal and the world's smallest bat -- the program will give last ditch conservation aid where to date there has been little or none.
"We are focusing on EDGE species -- that means they are Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered," said Zoological Society of London scientist Jonathan Baillie.
"These are one-of-a-kind species. If they are lost there is nothing similar to them left on the planet. It would be a bit like the art world losing the Mona Lisa -- they are simply irreplaceable," he told Reuters.
No mention of the IBWO.
The IBWO has funding. Not funding the IBWO isn't going to make a bit of difference to these little vermin.
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