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The rate of wetland destruction has abated , but damage from factors such as siltation and pollution continue . Protecting the general welfare and security of the United States by enforcing import and export restrictions and prohibitions , including the export of critical technology used to develop weapons of mass destruction , and money laundering . The revelations of Iraq 's efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction revealed in the aftermath of Desert Storm , South Africa 's admission of its own nuclear program , Pakistan and India 's open testing of nuclear weapons , revelation of North Korea 's efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and doubts as to the intentions of Iran have all contributed to a new sense of pessimism about the ability to craft an effective non-proliferation policy . Biodiversity has been reduced in urban areas through ecosystem destruction , degradation and fragmentation of remaining ecosystems . Through reports , briefings and public awareness raising campaigns the project highlights the links between the negotiations that take place within the WTO and the lack of corporate regulation at global and national levels , and biodiversity destruction through , amongst others , deforestation , forest degradation and the introduction of genetically modified organisms . The Blair government recognized that new actors had emerged with potential to cause untold damage if they gained access to weapons of mass destruction and that existing measures were insufficient to prevent the diffusion of relevant capabilities . The ecosystem destruction by exotic fish is a subject common to the whole country . Careful , understanding and coordinated land care in the catchments draining into the Great Barrier Reef is imperative together with careful consideration of the impacts of dredging , land clearing , stream modification , wetland destruction and mangrove removal . Of note , Hurricane Isabel made landfall during the final data collection phase of the project and fundamentally changed the shoreline of the Middle Peninsula and resulted in nearly 100 % destruction of piers and mooring devices which served as mooring locations for aquaculture activities . A year ago the United States initiated a preventive war against Iraq based on the claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or programs to create them , including nuclear weapons programs .