CAE UOE Part 3

An international report has shown that human

............... are destroying three animal or plant

species every hour. ACT

Th is equals 150 species a day, and between 18,000 and 55,000 species a year. The main (1)................... of the report is that we must slow down the worst spate of extinctions since the (2)...................of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. (1) FIND (2) APPEAR

Scientists and (1)................ have identified various threats to (2)............... and plants as diverse as right whales, Iberian lynxes, wild potatoes and peanuts. (1) ENVIRONMENT

(2) CREATE

Global warming is adding to existing threats such as land ..................... for farms or cities, pollution, and rising human populations. CLEAR

To

deal with these challenges, we need to move rapidly, and with more (1)...................... at all levels – global, (2).................. and local. (1) DETERMINE

(2) NATION

Many experts believe that the world will fail to meet the target, set by political leaders some years ago, of a major ........................ in the rate of loss by next year. REDUCE