World Scan

According to WWF’s ‘Living Planet’ report, global wildlife populations have declined by 60 per cent since 1970 due to unsustainable human activities.

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GLOBAL WILDLIFE POPULATIONS DECLINE BY 60 PER CENT

According to WWF’s ‘Living Planet’ report, global wildlife populations have declined by 60 per cent since 1970 due to unsustainable human activities. Uncontrolled consumption has decimated marine life, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, outlines the report based on an ongoing survey of 16,704 populations of 4,005 vertebrate species across the globe.

Tropical areas have reported the worst declines, with an 89 per cent fall in populations across Latin America and the Caribbean. Freshwater ecosystems are also hardhit, recording an 83 per cent species decline worldwide. Habitat loss, poaching, pollution of land and seas, and rising temperatures have all contributed to the mass extinction. WWF International Director Marco Lambertini, in light of this state of emergency, has called for a new global deal for nature, much like the Paris Climate treaty. With the upcoming meeting of 195 nations at the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Lambertini hopes for a revolution.

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