Here is a list of interesting sites that deal with the Environment. Although there has always been loss of species as part of the evolution of life, the rapidity with which it is currently occurring largely through anthropogenic influences, is the worrying factor.
Humans are heavily dependent on plants for oxygen, food, clothing, medicine, and shelter.
Yet a surprisingly large percentage of the world's plant species remains unknown, their potential benefits to mankind hidden. Museum botanists are dedicated to documenting the origins and providing classifications of plant life in marine and terrestrial environments and to understanding how humans are affected by and have altered the plant world. Wilderness is a remote area essentially unaffected and unaltered by modern industrial civilisation and colonial society. Wilderness is the result of millions of years of evolution,and is large enough to maintain biological diversity and ecosystem processes. Wilderness is disappearing fast.