% of world covered by forest 30%
Net total loss of forest 1990 - 2000 94 million hectares
% of the worlds fisheries requiring reduction or freezing of fishing 75%
% of world's coastal ecosystems endangered by human activity Over 50%
% of world's land lost to production by human activity 25%
# of wheat varieties used in China in 1949 10,000
# of wheat varieties used in China in 1970 1,000
% of corn varieties lost in Mexico since 1930 80%
% loss of apple, cabbage, corn, tomato, pea varieties grown 85-90%
in the United States since 1804
source:
NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS http://www.pbs.org/now/science/undiversity.html
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