world wildlife federation is report paints a bleak picture since nine hundred seventy there's been a sixty percent decline in the population of over sixteen thousand studied vertebrates that's mammals fish or birds but also. the threats from most animal groups include the loss of habitat such as the clearance of forest for the cultivation of palm oil or soya over use that means hunting fishing and those things and the contamination of habitat added to that climate change is no a big factor conservationists in germany are reporting at the klein in wild bees and butterflies the w w f says the use of pesticides in agriculture is to blame but it's not just politicians who have a duty of care. need to watch transformation we also need businesses and consumers it's always possible to choose products that you knew are ecologically better than in the case of