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·9/4/2009 - What will global warming look like? Scientists point to Australia | Video, LA Times

·21/2/2009 - Australia: Dieback ‘rampant’ on south coast, West Australian

·1/2/2009 - Plight of the humble bee, Times (UK)

·12/11/2008 - Factoring social and economic instability into ecological catastrophe and the decline of western civilization, Mongabay

·1/8/2008 - Pakistan: ‘Global warming can affect agricultural ecosystem’, Daily Times

·30/5/2008 - Ecosystem destruction costing hundreds of billions a year, Guardian

·30/12/2007 - Protecting Cuba's vast resources, New York Times

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·Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance, The

·Forest Protection Portal

·Nature Conservancy, The

·Habitats: Home Sweet Home - National Geographic

·Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

·How Rainforests Work

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1. Global ecosystems 'face collapse'           Rank: 70%

ecosystems 'face collapse' Current global consumption levels could result in a large-scale ecosystem collapse by the middle of the century, environmental group WWF has warned. The group's biannual Living Planet Report said the natural world was being degraded "at a rate unprecedented in human history". Terrestrial species had declined by 31% between 1970-2003, the findings showed. It warned that if demand continued at the current rate, two planets would be needed to meet global demand by 2050....
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2. Philippines: Reforest Cebu, says biologist, or face collapse           Rank: 69%

well. While the country's forests cover only 18 percent of its total land area---with Cebu having less than one percent cover - the Philippines, he said, is "on the verge of an environmental collapse and extinction spasm." He said an environmental collapse occurs "when the environment stops providing the free services that it used to offer: cleaning the air and giving water." He pointed to Cebu's water scarcity problems, loss of biodiversity and other environmental problems. Rich Ong, speaking...
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3. Earth's ecosystems face 'large-scale collapse'           Rank: 69%

report says. It is the equivalent, in banking terms, of living off capital rather than interest. Using UN projections of the growth of the human population and economies, the report predicts that by the middle of the century "large-scale ecosystem collapse" is likely. The world's average footprint is calculated to be 2.2ha per capita, but only 1.8ha of each person's consumption can be regenerated by the planet each year. Carbon dioxide emissions are the biggest single factor within the...
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4. Report predicts 'ecosystem collapse'           Rank: 69%

revealed that humanity has been using more than it can replace for the past two decades, The Times of London reported Tuesday. The WWF report said United Nations estimations of human population and economic growth predict a "large-scale ecosystem collapse" is a probable outcome of continued consumption by the middle of this century. The large scale of consumption has caused a sharp decline in biodiversity, the report said. It said data gathered on 1,313 species of vertebrates around the world...
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5. Ecosystems on edge of irreversible collapse           Rank: 69%

dual trends of continuing degradation of most ecosystem services and continuing growth in demand for these same services cannot continue," Reid said. "But the assessment shows that over the next 50 years, the risk is not of some global environmental collapse, but rather a risk of many local and regional collapses in particular ecosystem services. "We already see those collapses occurring - fisheries stocks collapsing, dead zones in the sea, land degradation undermining crop production, species...
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6. Societal collapse linked to ecological folly           Rank: 69%

Yet it is plagued with the same environmental problems with which the nation as a whole must grapple: increasing population and scarcity of resources, decreasing air and water quality, the introduction of toxic wastes, the loss of soil nutrients and biodiversity, damage from introduced species, climate change and, perhaps most important of all, deforestation. Acknowledging that Montana is not in imminent danger of collapse, Diamond nonetheless shows how the response of Montanans as a society,...
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7. World Trade Negotiations Collapse           Rank: 69%

Collapse CANCUN, Mexico, September 15, 2003 (ENS) - The World Trade Organization's Cancun Ministerial Conference collapsed Sunday without consensus on the key issue of reducing the agricultural subsidies wealthy countries give to their farmers, which make it tough for farmers in developing countries to compete in the global marketplace. The delegates were sidetracked from the agricultural issue and became deadlocked over the so-called Singapore issues - trade and investment, trade and...
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