24 May 2005
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Half of humanity set to go urban
(via)"People do not realise how rural the world was until recently. That is changing." In 1900, only 14% of humanity lived in cities. In 1950, there were 83 cities with populations exceeding one million; but by 2000, this had risen to 411.
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Amazon destruction accelerating
(via)26,000 sq km of forest were chopped down in the 12 months prior to August 2004
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