UN warns of worst mass extinctions for 65m years.

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UN warns of worst mass extinctions for 65m years

 

David Adam, environment correspondent

Tuesday March 21, 2006

The Guardian

 

Humans have provoked the worst spate of extinctions since the dinosaurs were

wiped out 65m years ago, according to a UN report that calls for unprecedented

worldwide efforts to address the slide. The report paints a grim picture of

life on earth, with declining numbers of plants, animals, insects and birds

across the globe, and warns that the current extinction rate is up to 1,000

times faster than in the past. Some 844 animals and plants are known to have

disappeared in the last 500 years.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1735459,00.html

 

 

 

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