WWF’s Living Planet Report 2024 highlighting catastrophic 73 per cent decline in average size of wildlife populations in just 50 years.
Between 1992 and 2002, the populations of white-rumped vulture and Indian vulture combined with the slender-billed vulture dropped by 98 per cent and 93 per cent respectively.
33 per cent decline in grassland butterfly species was reported in 22 countries over two decades.
In Odisha, native bee populations have dropped by 80% since 2002.
35% decline witnessed in the population of neelkanthas or Indian rollers.