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Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that

According to the WWF's 2022 Living Planet Index, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by an average of 69 per cent since 1970

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday.

Latin America and the Caribbean were particularly heavily struck, with a 94 per cent decline in wildlife populations in just five decades.

The world's wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday.

'Truly frightening' data from 32,000 tracked species shows average decline of 69%, with parts of Latin America seeing losses as high as 94% from 52 years ago, WWF says

Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that hi

The world's wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday.

LONDON - The world's wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday (Oct 13). This "serious drop… tells us that nature is unraveling and the natural world is emptying," said Andrew Terry, director of conservation and policy at the Zoological Society of London...

The World Wildlife Fund report used 2018 data from ZSL on the status of 32,000 wildlife populations covering more than 5,000 species