: One of the biggest threats to the world’s forests and biodiversity is farming #IndiaNEWS Global biodiversity is in steep decline, the World Wildlife Fund has warned in its flagship Living Planet

One of the biggest threats to the world’s forests and biodiversity is farming #IndiaNEWS
Global biodiversity is in steep decline, the World Wildlife Fund has warned in its flagship Living Planet Report 2020. The numbers of mammals, birds, fish, plants and insects have fallen an average of 68% from 1970 to 2016, which is more two thirds in less than 50 years.Humans are destroying nature at a rate never seen before, and the slide shows no signs of slowing, the report said.“Biodiversity is fundamental to human life on earth, and the evidence is unequivocal – it is being destroyed by us at a rate unprecedented in history,??? said the World Wildlife Fund report published once every two years. “Since the industrial revolution, human activities have increasingly destroyed and degraded forests, grasslands, wetlands and other important ecosystems, threatening human well-being.???About 75% of the earth’s ice-free land surface has already been significantly altered, most of the oceans are polluted and more than 85% of the area of wetlands has been lost, the report showed.“The way we produce and consume food and energy, and the blatant disregard for the environment entrenched in our current economic model, has pushed the natural world to its limits,??? said Marco Lambertini, director general, World Wildlife Fund International. “Covid-19 is a clear manifestation of our broken relationship with...Read more

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