LIVING PLANET REPORT 2022

Giant kelp is one of the fastest growing of all plants and can grow 50 cm a day; these giant stands can reach 50 m from sea floor to the surface, their fronds carried upwards by air filled floats.

​Interlinked emergencies: Climate change and biodiversity loss

The evidence is unequivocal – we are living through the dual crises of biodiversity loss and climate change driven by the unsustainable use of our planet’s resources. Scientists are clear, unless we stop treating these emergencies as two separate issues neither problem will be addressed effectively.

Tracking the health of nature over 50 years

The Living Planet Index (LPI) - which tracks populations of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians - reveals an average 69% decrease in monitored wildlife populations since 1970. The 2022 LPI analysed almost 32,000 species populations. It provides the most comprehensive measure of how they are responding to pressures in their environment.

Biodiversity loss by region

  • 1. North America
  • 2. Latin America and the Caribbean
  • 3. Africa
  • 4. Europe and Central Asia
  • 5. Asia Pacific
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