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−73%
Average decline in monitored wildlife populations, 1970–2020
Fifty years. Nearly three-quarters of the wild world gone.
This is the measured decline in vertebrate populations tracked worldwide — not a forecast, but a record. Every species Plantopedia catalogues sits inside this larger story of loss, and of what conservation can still change.
1M
species at risk of extinction — more than at any prior point in human history
IPBES, 2019
85%
decline in freshwater species populations since 1970 — the steepest of any ecosystem
WWF Living Planet, 2024
$44T
of global economic value — over half of world GDP — depends on nature and its services
World Economic Forum
30%
of land & ocean pledged for protection by 2030 under the Kunming–Montreal Framework
CBD COP15, 2022
Wildlife population decline by region (1970–2020)
Latin America & Caribbean
95%
Africa
76%
Asia & Pacific
60%
North America
39%
Europe & Central Asia
35%
Source: WWF Living Planet Report 2024
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