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WWF Report Finds Wildlife Has Declined 73% in Half a Century
By: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
Published: October 10, 2024
Edited by Irma Omerhodzic
Source: https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-population-trends-2024-wwf.html
According to the Living Planet 2024 report compiled by WWF and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) -
https://wwflpr.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/2024-living-planet-report-a-system-in-peril.pdf
— Earth’s wildlife populations have plummeted by 73 percent on average in half a century.
The highest declines — 95 percent — were seen in the Caribbean and Latin America, the report said. A 76 percent decline was recorded in Africa, and a 60 percent decrease in Asia and the Pacific.
“Globally, we are reaching points of no return and irreversibly affecting the planet’s life-support systems. We are seeing the effects of deforestation and the transformation of natural ecosystems, intensive land use and climate change,” said Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development and president of the 2024 United Nations COP16 biodiversity summit, as The Guardian reported.
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In the report, the scientists said species loss could speed up along with increased global heating, precipitated by tipping points in the Arctic, the Amazon rainforest and marine ecosystems. This could lead to disastrous consequences for humans and the environment.
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https://wwflpr.awsassets.panda.org/downloads/2024-living-planet-report-a-system-in-peril.pdf
— Earth’s wildlife populations have plummeted by 73 percent on average in half a century.
The highest declines — 95 percent — were seen in the Caribbean and Latin America, the report said. A 76 percent decline was recorded in Africa, and a 60 percent decrease in Asia and the Pacific.
“Globally, we are reaching points of no return and irreversibly affecting the planet’s life-support systems. We are seeing the effects of deforestation and the transformation of natural ecosystems, intensive land use and climate change,” said Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s minister of environment and sustainable development and president of the 2024 United Nations COP16 biodiversity summit, as The Guardian reported.
-snip-
In the report, the scientists said species loss could speed up along with increased global heating, precipitated by tipping points in the Arctic, the Amazon rainforest and marine ecosystems. This could lead to disastrous consequences for humans and the environment.
-snip-
Full article: https://www.ecowatch.com/wildlife-population-trends-2024-wwf.html