Understanding Global Issues

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Saving the Natural World: Who cares about biodiversity?

An unknown, but very high, number of extinctions of animals and plants is taking place under the pressure of economic development and population growth. Habitat loss, pollution, overhunting and invasive species are all to blame. Animals dependent on forests, wetlands and coral reefs are especially vulnerable. How bad is the problem and what is being done about it?

Published: January 1997 ISBN: 0850489725

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