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69% average decline in wildlife populations since 1970, says new WWF report

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Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have fared worst, with an average decline of 94%.

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  • Populations in Latin America and the Caribbean have fared worst, with an average decline of 94%.
  • These plunges in wildlife populations can have dire consequences for our health and economies, says Rebecca Shaw, global chief scientist of WWF.
  • When wildlife populations decline to this degree, it means dramatic changes are impacting their habitats and the food and water they rely on.
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    The 2022 global Living Planet Index (LPI) shows an average 69% decline in monitored vertebrate wildlife populations.

WWF’s Living Planet Report reveals a devastating 69% drop in wildlife populations on average in less than a lifetime

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Toronto, Oct. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monitored wildlife populations mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have seen a devastating 69 per cent drop on average since 1970 according to WWFs Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022.

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  • Toronto, Oct. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Monitored wildlife populations mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have seen a devastating 69 per cent drop on average since 1970 according to WWFs Living Planet Report (LPR) 2022.
  • In fact, the Living Planet Report Canada 2020 showed that species of global conservation concern assessed as threatened on the IUCN Red List declined in Canada by 42%, on average, from 19702016.
  • The biggest declines globally were seen in monitored freshwater populations, which have fallen by an average of 83 per cent.
  • Habitat loss and barriers to migration routes are responsible for about half of the threats to monitored migratory fish species.

WWF’s Living Planet Report reveals two-thirds decline in global wildlife populations

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Toronto, Sept. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century, according to WWFs Living Planet Report 2020 , released today.

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  • Toronto, Sept. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century, according to WWFs Living Planet Report 2020 , released today.
  • The report follows the release of the Living Planet Report Canada 2020 , which found that species of global conservation concern (wildlife assessed as at risk of global extinction by the International Union of Conservation of Nature) saw their Canadian populations fall by an average of 42 per cent since 1970.
  • WWF-Canadas James Snider, VP of science, knowledge and innovation and Living Planet Report Canada 2020 lead added, The findings of the Living Planet Report 2020 clearly show we are in the midst of a global biodiversity crisis and Canada is included.
  • Using the data from 4,392 species and 20,811 populations, the 2020 global Living Planet Index shows an average 68 per cent decline in monitored populations.