LIVING PLANET REPORT 2024
NATURE IS DISAPPEARING: THE AVERAGE SIZE OF WILDLIFE POPULATIONS HAS FALLEN BY A STAGGERING 73%
The latest edition of the Living Planet Report, which measures the average change in population sizes of more than 5,000 vertebrate species, shows a decline of 73% between 1970 and 2020.
DANGEROUS TIPPING POINTS ARE APPROACHING
Changes in the natural world may appear small and gradual – but over time, their cumulative impacts can add up to trigger a much larger change called a tipping point. Tipping points can be sudden, often irreversible, and potentially catastrophic for people and nature.
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RESTORING NATURE DEMANDS URGENT TRANSFORMATION
It’s not too late to save our living planet, but it will take some big changes. As well as making much greater efforts to conserve and restore nature, we need to tackle the causes of its destruction by transforming our food, energy and finance systems.
What needs to change?
Carter Roberts - President & CEO
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