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Wildlife & Biodiversity
TL;DR
Wildlife and biodiversity keep whole ecosystems working, and our food systems and communities depend on them. Protecting them means preserving the many species and habitats that all life depends on.
Quick Answers
How fast is wildlife disappearing?
The world's monitored wildlife populations have fallen by an average of 73% since 1970, according to WWF's 2024 Living Planet Report.
How many species are at risk of extinction?
A landmark UN science assessment (IPBES, 2019) estimated that around one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many of them within decades.
What can one person do about biodiversity loss?
Support the places doing hands-on protection (sanctuaries, rescue centers, and conservation groups) and make room for wildlife where you live. Recovery happens habitat by habitat and animal by animal.
Editor's Note
Wildlife and biodiversity include the animals, plants, and ecosystems that make life possible, and they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Monitored wildlife populations have declined by an average of 73% since 1970, while roughly one million species face extinction. Yet protection also happens close to home, through researchers studying threatened species, rescuers caring for displaced animals, and ordinary people choosing to preserve the natural spaces around them. These stories ask a larger question. What kind of living world will we leave for the generations that follow?
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