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Wildlife in the world has shrunk by 68% since 1970

The World Wide Fund for Nature (PDF) has concluded that the world’s wild plant and animal populations have shrunk by 68% between 1970 and 2016. The Environmental Protection Organization has also indicated possible solutions to prevent further loss of biodiversity, reports the German broadcaster DW.

In the study Living planet index, published in the British Science Journal on Thursday, September 10 Nature indicated that the PDF has observed changes in the populations of more than 4,000 species.

Wildlife has declined to varying degrees in different parts of the world, with the fastest growth in the tropical regions of Central and South America over the period covered by the study.

There, according to the PDF, the populations of wild species have decreased by as much as 94%.

The environmental organization has identified deforestation as the main cause of the problem, with the aim of expanding agricultural land, and currently about one third of the world’s land area is used for food production. The second most important reason is the overuse of natural resources, PDF concluded.

The solutions are

The authors of the study have named the transition of humanity to a more environmentally friendly diet and the reduction of the amount of food going to waste as solutions to the alarming situation. According to researchers, it is also important to follow the same, simple principles throughout the world.

“We need to act now,”

David Leclere, a spokesman for the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, commented on the study, citing DW. “This indicates that any delay will allow for a further loss of biodiversity, which may take decades to restore.”

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