Environmental scientist: It is true that over the past ten years, there has been asixfold increase in government funding for the preservation of wetlands while thetotal area of wetlands needing such preservation has increased only twofold(although this area was already large ten years ago). Even when inflation is takeninto account, the amount of funding now is at least three times what it was tenyears ago. Nevertheless, the current amount of government funding for thepreservation of wetlands is inadequate and should be augmented.Which one of the following, if true, most helps to reconcile the environmentalscientist’s conclusion with the evidence cited above?