普通考試
110年
[一般行政] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 47 題
📖 題組：
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has issued a stark warning about the future of the world's natural World Heritage sites. It says half of the sites are at risk from different industries. The WWF warned that harmful industrial activities such as mining, dredging or drilling for oil are endangering the future of 114 of 229 sites. Other factors adding to the risk include illegal logging and unsustainable water use. All of these are in addition to the damage being done by climate change. The WWF says the sites affected include Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon National Park in the USA, and China's Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, which are home to more than 30 percent of the world's endangered pandas. The director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center said it was up to everyone to protect these sites. This is mainly because World Heritage is humankind's common heritage, and the responsibility for its conservation should be shared by everyone. She welcomed government efforts at reducing what they take from the Earth. The governments and the private sector around the world, according to her, should step up their action against harmful extractive uses. The WWF said that more than 11 million people worldwide rely on World Heritage sites for food, water, shelter, jobs and medicine, and that non-stop development could harm livelihoods as well as the environment.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has issued a stark warning about the future of the world's natural World Heritage sites. It says half of the sites are at risk from different industries. The WWF warned that harmful industrial activities such as mining, dredging or drilling for oil are endangering the future of 114 of 229 sites. Other factors adding to the risk include illegal logging and unsustainable water use. All of these are in addition to the damage being done by climate change. The WWF says the sites affected include Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Grand Canyon National Park in the USA, and China's Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries, which are home to more than 30 percent of the world's endangered pandas. The director of the UNESCO World Heritage Center said it was up to everyone to protect these sites. This is mainly because World Heritage is humankind's common heritage, and the responsibility for its conservation should be shared by everyone. She welcomed government efforts at reducing what they take from the Earth. The governments and the private sector around the world, according to her, should step up their action against harmful extractive uses. The WWF said that more than 11 million people worldwide rely on World Heritage sites for food, water, shelter, jobs and medicine, and that non-stop development could harm livelihoods as well as the environment.
What did the WWF report say about the natural World Heritage sites?
- A About a quarter of them are affected by harmful industrial activities.
- B Thirty endangered pandas live in Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries.
- C They are under threat from several industries as well as climate change.
- D Most of them remained unaffected by climate change and illegal logging.