Conservation
An arial view of London showing a range of human activities. © S Humphrey
Human activities, associated with a rapidly increasing demand for food, timber, fibre, and fuel have profoundly affected the ecosystems on which humans and other species depend for their well-being.
In the past century the scale and complexity of human activity has increased to the point where human activities are threatening other species and also affecting our own wellbeing as a result of environmental degradation and the likelihood of humanly-induced global warming.
