conservation programs Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/conservation-programs/ A platform for change Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:03:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ‘Lights are flashing red’: study finds 69% average drop in animal populations since 1970 https://flux.community/jake-johnson/2022/10/lights-are-flashing-red-study-finds-69-average-drop-in-animal-populations-since-1970/ Thu, 13 Oct 2022 13:03:45 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12576 A sweeping report published Thursday by one of the world’s largest conservation groups finds that Earth’s vertebrate animal populations experienced an average decline of nearly 70% between 1970 and 2018, a staggering drop that experts attribute to the worsening climate crisis, pollution, the large-scale destruction of forests, and continued human exploitation of wildlife. The World Wildlife […]

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