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WWF: Living Planet Report 2018 Features, Livestock Report of 80 Pages
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) released Living Planet Report 2018: Key Point
The Living Planet Report 2018 was recently released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
This report discusses the terrible effects of human activities on wildlife.
It has been reported in the report that after 1970, 60% of the total number of organisms and 87% in the vegetation has been observed due to human activities.
Currently, only 4% of the world's total mammal species are wild animals.
Human beings are 36% and livestock (Pets) is 60%.
This 80-page report has been prepared by 59 researchers.
Scientists believe that coral mortality (death of marine life) is likely to be 70 to 90% even if humans keep global warming at 1.5 ° C.
This WWF report shows the effect of wildlife, marine life, lakes and personal activities on the environment.
A new section has been included in this report which has been named as soil biodiversity.
It has been said that the end of the wetlands is a matter of serious concern for India.
For the wild animals, their habitat of natural habitat, excessive exploitation of resources, climate change, etc. have also been included.
This report mainly points out the excessive loss of nature due to the harvesting of agriculture and forestry.
According to the Indian Union of WWF, more than 4,000 species of species were researched across the globe, from 60% in the 1970s to 2014.
This report also includes monitoring statistics of vertebrate species in particular.
It was taken from the databases of more than 22,000 population of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.
