The worldwide populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish fell by an average of 68 percent between 1970 and 2016, according to the 2020 Living Planet Report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Ecosystem destruction has led to 1 million species 500,000 animals and plants and 500,000 insects being under threat of extinction. Scotland is one of Europe s least wooded countries and the rewilding movement is aiming to change that. (Here Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin west of Cannich.) Nilfanion/Wikimedia/(CC BY-SA 3.0)
The worldwide populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish fell by an average of 68 percent between 1970 and 2016, according to the 2020 Living Planet Report from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Ecosystem destruction has led to 1 million species 500,000 animals and plants and 500,000 insects being under threat of extinction.
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image captionNicola Sturgeon easily saw off a challenge from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in her Glasgow Southside constituency
The SNP has won three key seats but its hopes of securing an overall majority in the Scottish Parliament election remain on a knife edge.
The party has taken both Edinburgh Central - where former MP Angus Robertson was standing for the SNP - and Ayr from the Conservatives.
It also won the East Lothian seat from Labour.
But it fell short in other targets, with counting in the remaining seats due to resume on Saturday.
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By Amy Lyall and Beth Middleton-Bain
BBC Scotland news
After a year of huge disruption in schools, colleges and universities across Scotland, education is high on the agenda in this week s election.
All the major parties have made manifesto promises offering extra funding and support for the country s education system.
While political leaders have offered schemes to support learners and teachers following the upheaval caused by the Covid pandemic, some voters have sought fundamental changes to how Scots learn.
The BBC spoke to five people from our voter panel whose experiences in education will influence their vote in Thursday s ballot.