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Wildlife populations - mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish - have seen a devastating 69% drop on average since 1970, according to WWF’s Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022
Latin America shows the greatest regional decline in average population abundance (94%).
The average abundance of 6,617 freshwater populations across the globe, representing 1,398 species, declined by 83%.
The global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays has declined by 71% over the last 50 years, due primarily to an 18-fold increase in shing pressure since 1970.
By 2020, three-quarters (77%, 24 species) were threatened with an elevated risk of extinction. For example, the oceanic Whitetip Shark has declined by 95% globally over three generation lengths, and has consequently moved from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Unless we limit warming to 1.5°C, climate change is likely to become the dominant cause of biodiversity loss in the coming decades
WWF Living Planet Report: Devastating 69% drop in wildlife populations since 1970
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Latin America shows the greatest regional decline in average population abundance (94%).
The average abundance of 6,617 freshwater populations across the globe, representing 1,398 species, declined by 83%.
The global abundance of oceanic sharks and rays has declined by 71% over the last 50 years, due primarily to an 18-fold increase in shing pressure since 1970.
By 2020, three-quarters (77%, 24 species) were threatened with an elevated risk of extinction. For example, the oceanic Whitetip Shark has declined by 95% globally over three generation lengths, and has consequently moved from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Unless we limit warming to 1.5°C, climate change is likely to become the dominant cause of biodiversity loss in the coming decades
WWF Living Planet Report: Devastating 69% drop in wildlife populations since 1970
https://perma.cc/3ATN-TFXY
More about the 🌡 https://t.iss.one/AnimalFreaks/1405