联合国环境规划署最近公布了1972—2002年世界环境状况报告。报告根据现有资料,阐述了过去30年内世界环境的重大变化,并认为人类社会正面临着系列严峻的挑战:森林锐减、沙漠扩大、土壤流失、危险废物与有毒化学品猛增、生态破坏加剧.臭氧耗竭,气候变化和全球变暖、生物物种减少等。环境问题已成为人类发展亟待解决的问题。 The United Nations Environment Program recently released its 1972-2002 state of the world's environment report. Based on the available information, the report describes the major changes in the world environment in the past 30 years and believes that human society is facing a series of serious challenges: sharp decline in forests, desertification, soil erosion, soaring hazardous wastes and toxic chemicals, and ecological damage Exacerbation of ozone depletion, climate change and global warming, reduction of biological species. Environmental problems have become urgent issues for human development.