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WWF: Wildlife populations have plummeted by 73% since 1970 (www.dw.com)

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In some areas, the WWF's Living Planet report noted that wildlife populations had fallen by up to 95%. The Amazon rainforest is particularly vulnerable.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) published its latest Living Planet report on Thursday, showing that wild populations of animal species have plunged over 70% since 1970.

In some highly biodiverse areas, such as Latin America and the Caribbean, that number is closer to 95%.

"The picture we are painting is incredibly concerning," Kirsten Schuijt, director general of WWF International, told a press conference.

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[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago

The full report lists suggested practices to mitigate the damage we do, from more ecologically minded agricultural practices and shifts in our diet to accelerating development and funding of renewable energy and delivering it to the third world, as they are many times left with only the worst fuels to use for everything.

It's all things that require large amounts of money with great long term but no short term benefits for those with money, a slight bit of personal inconvenience as we as societies learn more planet healthy habits, and a small amount of compassion for those less well off than us, most likely due to a lack of compassion in the past.

I will not be holding my breath...

The full report is worth a glance, as it's divided into sections where it looks at individual continents and discusses some of their unique problems. I mainly stuck to reading the proposed solutions sections, as I have reached my limit on dealing with all the different impending dooms going on recently. Even the countries that are doing some good changes are still not fully committing to it, even as they see positive results. We're past the point of being able to wade into this stuff. But with worldwide societies trending towards more selfish and nationalist tendencies, I feel things will continue to worsen for the remaining half of my life.

I try not to be a downer about it, but it's hard when I see and read about it every day.

[-] M600@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

I 100% believe it. I hardly see birds anymore and that’s probably due to the insect population collapsing.

I remember beetle bags full in them summer and tons of fireflies at night. Once my sister collected hundred of ladybugs in some tall grass

We also used to always have ticks on us from the tall grass.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago

If Rachel Carson were still alive, this would kill her.

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Sad to see so many wildlife species struggle.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

[-] wildflower@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

"When it's all gone... Don't worry, 'cause we can find another planet"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWuC7gdj_M0

[-] dumbass@leminal.space -1 points 6 days ago

Worst ppv ever.

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