Attitudes of Europeans towards the issue of biodiversity

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Biodiversity threats

When asked about the most important threats to biodiversity, more than a quarter of EU citizens (27%) mentioned air and water pollution. A similar proportion (26%) mentioned man-made disasters, such as oil spills or industrial accidents.
Roughly a fifth (19%) of respondents selected intensive farming, deforestation and over-fishing, 13% chose climate change and 9% mentioned the creation of more roads, houses or industrial sites, and changes in land use as the most important threat to biodiversity.
The proportion of respondents who selected water and air pollution as the main threats to biodiversity ranged from 15% in Belgium to 39% in Poland and Romania. Similarly, the proportion who mentioned man-made disasters (such as oil spills or industrial accidents) was just 13%-14% in Finland, Ireland and the UK, but reached 51% in Cyprus.
The combination of intensive farming, deforestation and over-fishing was selected as the most important threat to biodiversity ...