Overconsumption threatens ecological balance, WWF warns
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GENEVA - People are consuming the planet&#39;s resources at a rate that outstrips its capacity to support life, a global conservation group said Thursday.
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Habitat loss, climate change and infectious diseases are pushing a growing number of species toward extinction, according to a report yesterday by the World Conservation Union.
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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has released Living Planet Report 2004âthe current edition of an annual index that tracks global species abundance and human use of natural resources.
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China&#39;s giant Three Gorges Dam project could lead to an ecological &quot;catastrophe&quot;, Chinese experts warned in comments published Wednesday.
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By Anonymous  A rising tide of sewage is threatening the health and wealth of far too many of the world's seas and oceans, says a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
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More than 15,000 species, from sharks to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists said Wednesday.
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Hundreds of medicinal plants are at risk of extinction, threatening future cures for disease, experts warn.
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As newspaper readers, you are probably becoming familiar with the term "offsets." Environmentalists, loath to add noxious carbon gases into the atmosphere, offset their fossil fuel consumption by investing in renewable energy sources.
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Commercial fishing methods threaten to  devastate Europe's oceans, WWF International said on Wednesday.
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Live Earth concerts on Saturday meant to spur action to fight global warming must first tackle another environmental hazard -- mountains of trash and thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gases caused by the events.
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Buy organic, destroy the rainforest,â The Economist said last week, eliciting howls of protest from food-activist bloggers.
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Global temperatures predicted for the coming centuries could trigger a mass extinction, warn scientists.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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Global demand for wood is threatening the long-term survival of Africa's forest dwelling communities.
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China's huge Three Gorges Dam hydropower project could spark environmental catastrophe unless accumulating threats are quickly defused, senior officials and experts have warned.
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GENEVA Oct 21, 2004 - Humanity&#39;s reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitats for farmland and over-exploitation of the oceans are destroying Earth&#39;s ability to sustain life, the environmental group WWF warned in a
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European extinction warning The WWF has warned European consumers that continuing to tuck into fish captured by "illegal, destructive or wasteful" methods will drive stocks to the brink of extinction.â¦