Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds

Human activity is continuing to drive what conservation charity the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) calls a "catastrophic" loss of species.

The report also warns nature loss and climate change are fast pushing the world towards irreversible #TippingPoints, including the potential "collapse" of the #Amazon rainforest, whereby it can no longer lock away planet-warming carbon and mitigate the impacts of #ClimateChange.

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Nature decline is now nearing dangerous tipping points, WWF warns

Global wildlife populations have shrunk by an average of 73% in the past 50 years, data shows.

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