Tipping point: Huge wildlife loss threatens the life support of our small planet

Thursday, November 1, 2018 - 10:20 in Biology & Nature

A report by the WWF published on October 30 reveals how our actions are degrading the natural world – the very basis on which our livelihood depends. The Living Planet Report 2018 shows that between 1970 and 2014, vertebrate – mammal, fish, bird, amphibian and reptile – population sizes have been reduced by 60 percent. South and Central America have been hit particularly hard, suffering population declines of 89 percent.

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