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Living Planet Report 2024
October 15 , 2024
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- The Living Planet Report 2024 is a biennial assessment by the conservation organisation the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
- It revealed that the average size of monitored wildlife populations has decreased by 73 per cent since 1970.
- Nearly 35,000 wildlife populations and 5,495 species of amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles declined significantly.
- Between 1970 and 2020, freshwater species were the most affected, with an 85 per cent decline.
- It is followed by a 69 per cent decline in terrestrial species and a 56 per cent decline in marine populations.
- Latin America and the Caribbean, where populations have dropped by 95 per cent, is followed by Africa, which has seen a 76 per cent decline.
- The Asia-Pacific region collectively reported a 60 per cent decline.
- Chinook salmon population dropped by 88 per cent between 1950 and 2020.
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