AdvertisementWildlife populations around the world have declined by more than two thirds since 1970, according to a new WWF report that claims nature is in 'freefall' due to human activity including intensive farming and deforestation. The destruction of wild animal habitats by human actions is also fuelling a rise in global pandemics such as Covid-19 as these activities are bringing human populations closer to wildlife, scientists claim. Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF, said humanity's increasing destruction of nature is having 'catastrophic impacts' on wildlife populations and human health. 'We can't ignore the evidence – these serious declines in wildlife species populations are an indicator nature is unravelling and our planet is flashing red warning signs of systems failure,' Lambertini added. Wildlife populations in freshwater habitats have fallen by 84 per cent - the starkest drop in any biome, equivalent to four per cent a year since 1970.

Source: Daily Mail September 09, 2020 23:03 UTC