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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) identifies terrestrial, marine, freshwater, and ecoregions: Global 200; List of terrestrial ecoregions (WWF) 867 terrestrial ecoregions. List of marine ecoregions (WWF), 232 marine ecoregions of the coastal and continental shelf areas. List of freshwater ecoregions (WWF), 426 freshwater ecoregions.
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.
Terrestrial ecoregions of the world. This is a list of terrestrial ecoregions as compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The WWF identifies terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecoregions. The terrestrial scheme divides the Earth's land surface into 8 biogeographic realms, containing 867 smaller ecoregions.
It was formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States. WWF is the world's largest conservation organization , with over 5 million supporters worldwide, working in more than 100 countries and supporting around 3,000 conservation and environmental projects. [ 6 ]
Wildlife Conservation Society - saves wildlife and wild places worldwide with programs in 60 countries; also manages five New York City wildlife parks including the Bronx Zoo; World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund - international conservation
The Klamath and Siskiyou Mountains are a notable biodiversity hotspot, containing one of the four most biodiverse temperate forests in the world. [17] The diversity is caused by the ecoregion being adjacent to a number of other ecoregions, diverse soil, and having refugia caused by isolation in the last ice age . [ 17 ]
World Wide Fund for Nature or World Wildlife Fund, a conservation group; World Water Forum, an international forum for water issues; Working Women's Forum, a training, trade and credit union in India; Waterside Workers' Federation of Australia, a defunct Australian trade union
The Living Planet Report is published every two years by the World Wide Fund for Nature since 1998. It is based on the Living Planet Index and ecological footprint calculations. The Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis, on the health of our planet and the impact of human activity. Humanity's demands exceed the ...