Articles in this set

• Europe's expanding ecological deficit

  A large appetite for resources in Europe could be causing major problems in other parts of the world.
  

• The aliens have landed

  Introducing a new species may seem like a good idea, but it can bring disease and disruption that costs huge sums to deal with.
  

• Sleepwalking to extinction

  The European Union has to learn lessons from its earlier failures to halt the loss of biodiversity.
  

• Putting a value on nature's benefits

  The benefits of nature can often outstrip the money to be made from exploiting it.
  

• Going, going, gone?

  Every year more animals, plants and marine life face threats to their habitat, and their existence. We look at some of the creatures in danger.
  

Environment: biodiversity