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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
Nature Breaking: Living Planet Report reveals catastrophic wildlife decline
In this episode of Nature Breaking you’ll hear all about WWF’s 2024 Living Planet Report. This bi-annual report functions as a check-up on the health of the Earth. Underpinning the report is the Living Planet Index, which monitors populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around the world. This year the report found that monitored wildlife populations declined by an average of 73% since 1970. Importantly, this year’s report also reveals that the Earth stands on the verge of tipping points for tropical forests and coral reefs that could have severe consequences for people and nature everywhere. Joining the show to explain the Living Planet Report is Dr. Rebecca Shaw, WWF’s chief scientist. Rebecca will walk us through the methodology of the report, what its key findings really mean for wildlife and ecosystems, and what we all can do together to put our planet on a more sustainable pathway.
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Wildlife populations are plummeting
Populations are 73% smaller on average than 50 years ago. Discover the crisis facing nature.
How can we measure nature?
Our planet’s health relies on understanding how nature is changing. But how do we quantify it?
Biodiversity: It's more than just nature
Why biodiversity is the key to unlocking our relationship with the living world.
Life on Earth needs nature and a stable climate.
Call on leaders to translate their climate commitments into real action this fall.
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