Waspie_Dwarf Posted October 10 #1 Share Posted October 10 Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds Quote Human activity is continuing to drive what conservation charity the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls a "catastrophic" loss of species. From elephants in tropical forests to hawksbill turtles off the Great Barrier Reef, populations are plummeting, according to a stocktake of the world's wildlife. The Living Planet Report, external, a comprehensive overview of the state of the natural world, reveals global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years. Read More: ➡️ BBC News 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAlrakis Posted October 10 #2 Share Posted October 10 Heard this news on the radio this morning, while driving to work. I thought they made a mistake at first. These are shocking numbers, especially because there are so many unknown/unexpected relationships in nature that this could prove to be a disaster for 'flora' too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cho Jinn Posted October 10 #3 Share Posted October 10 Ok, got it. Now, who is going to march over to the developing world, China and India, and Southeast Asia ad tell them to stop having so many babies, burning so much coal, and dumping so much plastic into the Pacific Ocean, respectively? Maybe we stop importing cheap products from China, trashing them, and sending said trash back over to China for them to dump into the ocean, or laundering ecological guilt by having unaccountable foreign nations flout our own environmental standards? Unfortunately, the ecologically-bent organizations in this country were coopted by collectivists, like most everything (see, Hard Green). One cannot simultaneously cry "'muh climate" or other ecological concerns and then push global commercial interests, which really is just looking to exploit cheap labor while cooking us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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