Earth: Wildlife In Catastrophic Decline Due To Human Destruction

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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2705-y
https://f.hubspotusercontent20.net/hubfs/4783129/LPR/PDFs/ENGLISH-FULL.pdf

Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than
50 years, according to a major report (PDF) by the conservation group
WWF. The report says this "catastrophic decline" shows no sign of
slowing. And it warns that nature is being destroyed by humans at a
rate never seen before. The report looked at thousands of different
wildlife species monitored by conservation scientists in habitats
across the world. They recorded an average 68% fall in more than
20,000 populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish
since 1970.

Measuring the variety of all life on Earth is complex, with a number
of different measures. Taken together, they provide evidence that
biodiversity is being destroyed at a rate unprecedented in human
history. This particular report uses an index of whether populations
of wildlife are going up or down. It does not tell us the number of
species lost, or extinctions. The largest declines are in tropical
areas. The drop of 94% for Latin America and the Caribbean is the
largest anywhere in the world, driven by a cocktail of threats to
reptiles, amphibians and birds. Research published in the journal
Nature suggests that to turn the tide we must transform the way we
produce and consume food, including reducing food waste and eating
food with a lower environmental impact.