CNN.com - Scientists agree world faces mass extinction - August 23, 2002

CNN.com - Scientists agree world faces mass extinction - August 23, 2002: "By Gary Strieker CNN (CNN) -- The complex web of life on Earth, what scientists call 'biodiversity,' is in serious trouble. 'Biodiversity includes all living things that we depend on for our economies and our lives,' explained Brooks Yeager, vice president of global programs at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. 'It's the forests, the oceans, the coral reefs, the marine fish, the algae, the insects that make up the living world around us and which we couldn't do without,' he said. Nearly 2 million species of plants and animals are known to science and experts say 50 times as many may not yet be discoveredBy Gary Strieker CNN (CNN) -- The complex web of life on Earth, what scientists call 'biodiversity,' is in serious trouble. 'Biodiversity includes all living things that we depend on for our economies and our lives,' explained Brooks Yeager, vice president of global programs at the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. 'It's the forests, the oceans, the coral reefs, the marine fish, the algae, the insects that make up the living world around us and which we couldn't do without,' he said. Nearly 2 million species of plants and animals are known to science and experts say 50 times as many may not yet be discovered"