People are at last beginning to take the (0) NATURAL (NATURE) world around them more seriously. Air and water 1POLLUTE, once accepted as an unfortunate side-effect of progress, are now recognised as threats that demand urgent attention. The 2PROTECT of rivers, forests and coastlines has become a central responsibility of governments as well as individuals. Ordinary citizens, too, have come to accept a share of 3RESPONSIBLE for problems that were once thought to belong to somebody else. 4ENVIRONMENT campaigns in schools have made children more aware of these issues than previous generations ever were. 5CARE use of resources at home — switching off lights, recycling packaging, avoiding single-use plastics — makes a real difference when practised on a large scale. Greater public 6AWARE is finally translating into political pressure, too. Several species remain 7DANGER, but in a few cases careful conservation has produced genuinely encouraging results. Ambitious 8ACT over the coming decade will decide the outcome of many of these stories.