TASK 1:

The bar chart compares the proportion of young students enrolling tertiary education in three years 2000,2005 and
2010. Information was collected in four different countries.

Overall, while country D has had the highest percentage of higher education students, this figure for country B was the
lowest. Additionally, of all the four countries, only country B failed to achieved higher student rate at the end of the
period.

Both country A and country D witnessed significant growth in the number of students opting for further studying. In
2000, while 60% of young people in country D went to university, the percentage of country A was much lower at about
38%. In 2010, these two figures took a leap to their peaks, at 80% and 58% respectively.

It is clearly seen that country C had 50% of young people studying at universities in 2000, which was 10% higher than
that of country B. However, in the next 5 years, while country C managed to attain a marginal gain of about 2% and
remained at that till 2010, that proportion of country B went through a slight dip of 2% in 2005.

TASK 2:

It is imperative to know that species and habitat loss is accelerating at an unprecedented pace, with human being the
main culprit. This passage is going to discuss about the causes behind this biodiversity collapse and feasible solutions to
fight against it.

One of the main reasons why many species are at the risk of extinction is population growth. World population is
growing exponentially, which draws up more demand for land and natural resources in order to serve the neccesities of
human and production activities. In order to cope with these rising needs, people have to resort to the means of
deforestation which results in habitat loss and fragmentation. This rising demand has also greatly contributed to
exploitation. As the warnings of scientists and conservationists on biodiversity loss have mostly gone unheeded, human
greedily continues their hunt on both terrestrial and marine animals, which inevitably leads to dramatic fall in animal
population. Such an invasion into the world of nature has put the natural ecosystems along with its species in jeopardy.
Additionally, pollution, mainly due to chemical disposal, is also a primary driver of this global issue. When the harmful
substance is added to any environment, it will speedily and efficiently destroy the natural equillibrium, causing a large
number of animal deaths. Many examples of oil spill, contaminated water or acidification must have given the masses a
better view of the current problem.

For all the reasons above, urgent actions must be taken as soon as possible. Goverments, who wield absolute power can
exert their authority to impose strick regulations and policies on illegal poaching as well as commercial fishing in order to
reduce the risk of animals being wiped out due to human activities. Apart from that, goverments can also assist
extending and enlarging more national parks as to create safer habitat for endangered species to gradually be
revitalised. As a citizen, people should also help promoting the conservation programme by changing their usual
indiscriminate lifestyles , for example, by opting for sustainable organic food instead of meat, fish and dairy products as
a way to reduce pressure on livestock and agriculture demand.

In conclusion, it is clearly alarming that the nature is being put at a catastrophic destruction. Therefore, both the
goverments together with people should take a concerted effort in every way to mitigate this international problem.