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The average size of global wildlife populations have declined by 73% in 50 years, a new study by the World Wildlife Fund has found. ... mammals and reptiles between 1970 and 2020. Its findings ...
The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report 2022 found that wildlife populations declined by an average 69% since 1970. [1] [2] [3]The Living Planet Index (LPI) is an indicator of the state of global biological diversity, based on trends in vertebrate populations of species from around the world.
The 2022 report found that vertebrate wildlife populations have declined by an average of almost 70% since 1970, and attributes the loss primarily to agriculture and fishing. The estimate was based on an analysis of 32,000 populations of 5,230 animal species.
The 2024 Living Planet Report details "a catastrophic 73% decline in the average wildlife populations over just 50 years." ... the number of winter-run Chinook salmon dropped 88% since 1970. The ...
There is some debate over the severity of declining trends in the global mammal and the broader vertebrate population: while the Living Planet Report of the World Wide Fund for Nature reported a 68% decline in the aggregate wild vertebrate populations since 1970, [39] [40] [4] a scientific reanalysis of its data in Nature found that 98.6% of ...
The World Wildlife Fund's Living Planet Report 2022 found that wildlife populations declined by an average 69% since 1970. ... an average population decline of 68% ...
The largest herd in North America is known as the Porcupine Caribou herd, with a population of over 200,000 reindeer recorded since 2017. Although other herds have seen a decline in their numbers ...
The World Wildlife Fund’s Living Planet Report 2022 found that wildlife populations declined by an average 69% since 1970. [1] [2] [3]Defaunation is the global, local, or functional extinction of animal populations or species from ecological communities. [4]