Global Study of 71,000 Animal Species Finds 48% Are Declining goodmenproject.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from goodmenproject.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Around 48% of 71,000 species from all five vertebrate groups – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish – as well as insects, were found to be decreasing.
Global Study of 71,000 Animal Species Finds 48% are Declining newsecuritybeat.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsecuritybeat.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A survey of all five vertebrate groups mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish plus insects, found nearly half of populations are shrinking, while just 3% are increasing, overwhelmingly due to human pressures.
Global loss of biodiversity is significantly more alarming than previously suspected – "Almost half of animals on Earth for which assessments are available are currently declining. To make matters worse, many of the animal species that are thought to be non-threatened from extinction are in fact progressively declining" – Desdemona Despair desdemonadespair.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from desdemonadespair.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.