60% of World's Wildlife has been Wiped out Since 1970

Society » ENVIRONMENT | October 30, 2018, Tuesday // 14:18
Bulgaria: 60% of World's Wildlife has been Wiped out Since 1970

Well over half the world's population of vertebrates, from fish to birds to mammals, have been wiped out in the past four decades, says a new report from the World Wildlife Fund, reports CBC News

Between 1970 and 2014, there was 60 per cent decline, on average, among 16,700 wildlife populations around the world according to the 2018 edition of the Living Planet Report released Monday. 

"We've had a loss of nearly two-thirds, on average, of our wild species," said James Snider, vice-president of science, research and innovation for WWF-Canada. 

"The magnitude of that should be eye opening… We really are reaching a point where we're likely to see species go extinct. That's true in Canada and abroad."

The WWF says the biggest drivers of the declines are habitat loss and overexploitation, but says climate change is a growing threat.

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