Nature and Environment

The orangutan species are now considered …………….., mostly due to habitat loss for production of palm oil and other agricultural products.

Meanwhile, efforts ……………….. the orangutans that remain suffered some setbacks this year.

The country's government is planning ……………… the entire forest and convert the land into oil palm plantations.

In such a scenario the biodiversity will be wiped out, leading to the rapid extinction of all the unique animal ………………… inhabiting the ecosystem.

Sea otters were once numbered in thousands before the fur trade and other factors ……………… their numbers to about 50 in 1914.

Algae is often ……………… a nuisance, but for Sweden, the rapidly growing sea plant in now an asset; they're using algae to stop up the carbon emissions from cement.

Concervationists argued that the bridges construction would tear apart ………… for endangered elephants, primates and birds.

The disappearance of species isn't just a concern for the plants and animals in danger. It's also a worrying symptom of the ……………. of ecosystems that we rely on for everything from absorbing greenhouse gases to filtering drinking water.