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Eurobarometer: Slovaks Know Little About Biodiversity
Friday 09 April 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Brussels, April 9 (TASR-correspondent) - A total of 65 percent Slovaks don't know what does the word 'biodiversity' mean, with worst places taken only by Denmark (70 percent) and Cyprus (73.2 percent), says a Eurobarometer survey published on Friday.
Also, Slovakia has a low public awareness of the risk of certain species' extinction, as 35 percent of Slovaks claimed to have no information on the subject. Only 24 percent of Slovaks feel to be well-informed, a drop from 27 percent in 2007.
Despite these figures, 68 percent of Slovak respondents also said that they do something to save the variety of species on the planet.
The most environmentally-conscious EU nation seems to be Germans, as 59 percent feel to be well-informed about the necessity to strive for biodiversity preservation.
Within the EU, the average rate in this respect proved to be 37 percent, with 17 percent of all people within EU saying that the loss of biodiversity on Earth personally matters to them.
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