- destroyed 55% of our forests
degraded another 30%.
- destroyed 50% of our wetlands
degraded another 30%.
- destroyed 70% of our grasslands
degraded another 15%.
- destroyed 30% of our coral reefs
degraded another 30%.
- destroyed 65% of our mangroves
degraded another 20%.
- destroyed 45% of our agricultural soils
destroy 30 billion tons more each year.
- destroyed 90% of our large fish stocks
overfishing 75% of all other fish stocks.
- destroyed 50% of our underground water supplies
degraded 60% of our rivers.
- destroy 50,000 species each year
By destroying wilderness, we have caused an extinction rate
as much as 10,000 times greater than the natural rate.
- turning the oceans to acid
risking sudden, massive extinction of species.
- turned the rain to acid
killing lakes, rivers, forests, animals and ourselves.
- poisoned the air with pollution
so that simply breathing causes disease and death;
from 700 million automobiles, 3000 coal-fired power plants,
boats and ships, aircraft, factories, small-engines...
- dump 500 million tons of toxic waste every year
poisoning our land, our water and ourselves.
- taken 48% of the earth's land for urban, industrial and agricultural sprawl
Human activity impacts 83% of the earth's land surface.
Half of what lies untouched is desert and tundra, rock and ice.
- consume 30% faster than the earth can provide
with 6.7 billion consumers,
plus we add 233,000 more consumers each day.
U.S. consumption rate: 5 times more than the earth can provide.
The whole world is scrambling to consume like Americans.
- causing global warming and climate change
that will destroy entire ecosystems and destroy more species,
create severe crises for humanity and lead to war
©2006 revelation1118.com