Animal and plant species are now disappearing at an alarming rate. Scientists estimate that the rate at which they are disappearing is 1,000 to 10,000 times greater than would have been the case without industrial development.
Biodiversity under threat
When the Earth warms up, pollution increases, and plants, animals and their habitat are overexploited, the whole balance between man and other forms of life is upset.
Protecting wet lands
Wet lands are among the most varied and beautiful in the world. They are the birthplace of numerous animal and plant species, but are in danger due to over-exploitation by man: deforestation, swamp drainage, desertification and pollution all cause the disappearance of dozens of fragile wet land areas every year.
