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*Key Findings #Thread
1. Avg. 68% fall in monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish btw 1970 & 2016.
2. 75% of Earth's ice-free land surface already altered significantly, most oceans polluted.(1/n)
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*Key Findings #Thread
1. Avg. 68% fall in monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish btw 1970 & 2016.
2. 75% of Earth's ice-free land surface already altered significantly, most oceans polluted.(1/n)
PLANTS:
3. The number of documented plant extinctions is twice as many as for mammals, birds and amphibians combined.
4. In various geographical zone, on an average one in five (22%) plants are threatened with extinction, most of them in the tropics 22. (2/n)
3. The number of documented plant extinctions is twice as many as for mammals, birds and amphibians combined.
4. In various geographical zone, on an average one in five (22%) plants are threatened with extinction, most of them in the tropics 22. (2/n)
WETLANDS
5. The population of freshwater species including fish, birds, amphibians and mammals have declined by 84% globally since 1970.
6. Human activities are threatening one in three freshwater and riverine species with extinction. (3/n)
5. The population of freshwater species including fish, birds, amphibians and mammals have declined by 84% globally since 1970.
6. Human activities are threatening one in three freshwater and riverine species with extinction. (3/n)
7. Up to 1/5th of wild species are at risk of extinction due to climate change alone, with some of the highest rates of loss anticipated in biodiversity ‘hotspots’.
8. If we want to ACT and 'bend the curve', time is NOW !!(4/4)
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8. If we want to ACT and 'bend the curve', time is NOW !!(4/4)
@WWFINDIA @IPBES @IUCNRedList @UNBiodiversity
