Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction, scientists warn
Wildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by the conservation group WWF.And it warns that nature is being destroyed by humans at a rate never seen before.
They recorded an average 68% fall in more than 20,000 populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish since 1970. New modelling evidence suggests we can halt and even reverse habitat loss and deforestation if we take urgent conservation action and change the way we produce and consume food.
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