Man’s mismanagement of the world was criminal. Careless use of chemicals and gasses had poisoned the ground and rivers, damaging the atmosphere, affecting the polar regions and the oceans of the world. But we now see how wrong the ‘experts’ were who forecast the near extinction of animals, birds and fish. The earth's crops have recovered remarkably, and all wildlife is flourishing now. The scars and relics left from the age of greed and technology are disappearing for ever.