"Given the rate of destruction in this area, where 98 percent of the original Northeastern Atlantic Forest has already been destroyed, imagine how many species could have gone extinct before we even knew about them," says researcher Antonio Pontes.
It was already bad enough that a Chinese boat crashed into the Tubbataha reef, a protected coral reef off the coast of the Philippines, but what the coast guard found inside increased massively the size of the environmental disaster.
Six inspiring environmental heroes overcame great odds in their work, and are the recipients of the world's largest prize for grassroots environmentalist.
Well of course it's not true - L.A. has plenty of cyclists, lots of freshly painted bike lanes, and loads of bike-tivities. Still, where's the critical mass of cyclists?