As of 2008, the IUCN regards the gray whale as being of " Least Concern " from a conservation perspective.

The IUCN reported in 2008, " The taxonomy of this genus is clearly in need of review, and it is likely that O. orca will be split into a number of different species or at least subspecies over the next few years.

The species has been classified as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List since 2008 because the global population is estimated at about 10, 000 individuals, with a decreasing population trend ; only about half of the total area of potential habitat of is actually being used by the species.

Since 2008, the IUCN Red List has listed it as Panthera uncia, with Uncia uncia identified as a synonym.

The clouded leopard ( Neofelis nebulosa ) is a felid found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable in 2008 by IUCN.

On the IUCN Red List, they were reclassified from " extinct in the wild " to " critically endangered " after a reassessment in 2008 and from " critically endangered " to " endangered " after a 2011 reassessment.

* 2008: More than 6, 600 leaders from government, the public sector, non-governmental organizations, business, UN agencies and social organizations attended IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

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* BirdLife International ( BLI ) ( 2008 ): 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes.

In August 2008, the IUCN changed humpback's status from Vulnerable to Least Concern, although two subpopulations remain endangered.

In 2008, the IUCN classified the species as globally endangered, a substantial improvement since the 1996-assessment when it was considered extinct in the wild, since at that time the species was indeed only surviving in captivity.

The feline was classified a " vulnerable " endangered species from 1972 until 1996, and is now rated " least concern " by the 2008 IUCN Red List.

In 2008, the IUCN classified Asian golden cats as Near Threatened, stating that the species comes close to qualifying as Vulnerable due to hunting pressure and habitat loss, since Southeast Asian forests are undergoing the world's fastest regional deforestation rates.

It has been classified as Critically Endangered by IUCN since 2008, as the population size is fewer than 250, is declining, and consists of a single subpopulation.

In 2008, the IUCN classified the fishing cat as endangered since they are concentrated primarily in wetland habitats, which are increasingly being settled, degraded and converted.

Since 2008, it has been listed as Endangered by the IUCN due to destruction of wetlands in their habitat.

As of 2008, it is classed by the IUCN as Least Concern due to its wide range and large numbers.

According to the IUCN, the following species are endangered: Babiana longicollis, Cyanixia socotrana ( as Babiana socotrana ), Gladiolus pole-evansii, Moraea garipensis, Moraea graniticola and Moraea hexaglottis .< ref name =" catorce "> IUCN 2008.

2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

* BirdLife International ( BLI ) ( 2008 ): 2008 IUCN Redlist status changes.

This species was determined to be near threatened by the IUCN in 2008.

In 2008, the IUCN classified the species as Least Concern as it is tolerant of a broad range of habitats, is widely distributed with large populations that are unlikely to be declining.

St Paul's Junior School on Commercial Road was assessed as ' Good ' in 2008, as was Bowlish Primary School when it was last inspected in 2007.

Education for 11 to 16 year olds is provided by Whitstone School, which is a Technology College and in 2008 was assessed by Ofsted as ' Satisfactory '.

" Christian Rock historian John J. Thompson assessed the significance of Norman and his career in 2008: " It is certainly no overstatement to say that Larry Norman is to Christian music what John Lennon is to rock & roll or Bob Dylan is to folk music ".

The 2008 property tax rate for Washington Township is $ 2. 318 per $ 100 of assessed value, with an equalization ratio of 89. 75 %.

Because of its rich historic heritage, the City of Broken Hill has been nominated for listing on the Commonwealth National Heritage list ( the highest level of heritage protection in Australia ) and the nomination will be assessed in 2007 and 2008.

In 2008, the Doñana population was assessed at 24 to 33, with an estimated 60 to 110 adults in the Sierra Morena, which is the stronghold of the species.

Like the two previous generations, TR Astras were assessed in the 2008 Used Car Safety Ratings, and shown to provide an " average " level of protection.

In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, Queen Mary was ranked 11th by the The Guardian and 13th by Times Higher Education out of the 132 UK higher education institutions assessed.

According to the One World Trust's Global Accountability Report 2008 which assessed a range of organisations in areas such as transparency, stakeholder participation and evaluation capacity, " IFOAM is the highest scoring international NGO, and at the top of the 30 organisations this year with a score of 71 percent ".

The World Conservation Union ( IUCN ) has classified 38 percent of the 44, 837 species assessed by 2008 as threatened.

Located at 541 Acacia Avenue in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Stornoway has assessed value $ 4, 225, 000 ( 2008 ) ( based on this value, which is only approximation of market value, the municipal property taxes are calculated ) and is maintained with $ 70, 000 a year in government funds.

Research in the School focuses on media ethics, international human rights, peace journalism, the coverage of US / UK warfare, the diasporic media and literary journalism, with 70 % of the research output assessed in 2008 as ' internationally excellent ' or ' world leading '.

The State Government also assessed options for the development of another east-west link in 2008.

In Australia, Corolla models built between 1986 and 2006 were assessed in the Used Car Safety Ratings 2008:

Like the previous generation, JM / JP Apollos were assessed in the 2008 Used Car Safety Ratings, and were shown to provide an " average " level of protection.

In 2008 Baron-Cohen assessed Gary McKinnon, the British computer hacker who had been accused of breaking into 97 United States military and NASA computer networks in 2001 and 2002, and diagnosed him as having Asperger Syndrome.

In the 2008 Used Car Safety Ratings, the SB Barina was assessed as providing an " average " protection.

The Environment Agency in 2008 classified the river as Grade A ( highest grade ) for chemical content, but the biology was assessed at C grade ( mid ).

As of 2008, California had over four hundred TIF districts with an aggregate of over $ 10 billion per year in revenues, over $ 28 billion of long-term debt, and over $ 674 billion of assessed land valuation.

( 2008 ) assessed patients with episodic memory impairment due to epilepsy associated with mesial temporal sclerosis.

EIL's quality management systems in respect of its services have been assessed and upgraded to ISO 9001: 2008.

The Houston Chronicle reported in May 2009 that McIngvale refused to pay $ 48, 000 dollars of taxes to the Greater Northside Management District that were assessed from 2005 to 2007 ; he paid taxes to the district in 2008.

The purchase price was not announced, but the building had a 2008 assessed value of.