Ozone Depletion: A Daily Reality In New Zealand

Thirty kilometers above the earth's surface is ozone layer - a fragile skin of gas that protects life on earth from damaging ultra-violet light rays. Although it's ozone depletion is no worse than other countries, New Zealand is aware of the threat to human health and animal and plant life posed by the use of CFC's or chlorofluorcarbons, which are eroding the ozone layer. From cover up against sun burn campaigns, to research into effect of UV light on wool, New Zealand is ahead of the world in alerting its people to this serious environmental problem, a major issue at the 1992's Earth Summit in Brazil.