Global wildlife populations have sunk 69% since 1970 – WWF report

Drop caused by climate change, habitat loss, pollutionNature was, still is, in dire straits -WWF-UK directorRich nations to be asked for support at Montreal summitLONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – The world’s wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday.This “serious drop … tells us that nature is unraveling and the natural world is emptying,” said Andrew Terry, director of conservation and policy at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL).The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report, which used 2018 data from ZSL on the status of 32,000 wildlife …
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