For 40 years, the population of three thousand. species dropped by half – LM.pl – The first portal in the region – Konin, Kolo Słupca, Turek

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The animal population, representing 3 thousand. species selected by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has decreased since 1970 by half. WWF report highlights the rapid rate of extinction of some species and the fact that this process does not release.

The document, called “barometer of the state of our planet,” draws attention to the global differences in reducing animal populations – the most are threatened tropical countries, for example. in Latin America since 1970 was recorded within the species tested up to 83-percent drop.

WWF believes that the biggest threat to the animals they are hunting, overfishing, loss and deterioration of natural habitats and global warming. Commenting on these figures, Ken Norris, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), said: “These losses are not inevitable. This is the result of how we want to live. “