Facts in figures

• 1 mammal in 4, 1 bird in 8, 1 amphibian in 3 are threatened with extinction. Species are dying out 1,000 times faster than the natural rate.
  IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature), 2008. XVI International Botanical Congress, Saint-Louis, USA, 1999
• 75% of fisheries products are exhausted , depleted or in danger of being so.
  UN