Environmental conservation

Several plant species around Turkey are being pushed toward extinction by rapidly expanding human settlements, experts say. The conversion of forest and natural habitats to picnic areas under the name of "natural parks" and the use of concrete floors in these places put various plant species at further risk of extinction.

Global warming could place 25 to 50 percent of species in the Amazon, Madagascar and other bio-diverse areas at risk of localized extinction within decades, a report has said.

Cara Delevingne has stripped off to become a naked work of art participating in a new campaign for animal rights, ‘I’m Not a Trophy’.

The model and actress poses naked while images of animals such as a lion, zebra and gorilla are imposed on her body.

According to a study conducted by the WWF, the earth’s flora and fauna are at a critical level. Living organisms in the sea have dramatically fallen according to the findings of the study over the past decades, with the decline reaching as high as 50% in some specific species.

"There are examples of species all over the world that are essentially the walking dead," said Stanford University Professor Paul Ehrlich. "We are sawing off the limb that we are sitting on."