WWF’s 2020 Living Planet Report held some alarming news: The world has seen an average 68% drop in mammal, bird, fish, reptile, and amphibian populations since 1970. Much of the loss is caused by habitat destruction due to unsustainable agriculture or logging. And climate change, which hasn’t been the biggest driver of biodiversity loss so far, is expected to take that role in the decades ahead.
The Living Planet Index, which is found in the report and tracks almost 21,000 populations representing 4,392 vertebrate species, showed that different regions of the world have been experiencing biodiversity loss at different rates.
A warning sign: where biodiversity loss is happening around the world
The Living Planet Index, which is found in the report and tracks almost 21,000 populations representing 4,392 vertebrate species, showed that different regions of the world have been experiencing biodiversity loss at different rates.
A warning sign: where biodiversity loss is happening around the world