In just over four decades, global wildlife population have fallen by 60%. Those have been caused by human activities such as accelerating population, deforestation and climate change. And its speed is unprecedented as current rates of animal extinction are up to 1,000 times higher than before the advent of human into the ecosystem. More than 4,000 mammal, bird, fish, reptile and amphibian species declined rapidly between 1970 and 2014.
The proportion of the land that is free from human impact is projected to drop from a quarter to a tenth by 2050 manmade causes continue to spread.
The World Wildlife Fund has called for an international treaty to be drafted to protect wildlife and reverse human impacts on nature. It warned that current efforts are not keeping up with the speed of destruction. We are using nature as if we were the hunters in the 20,000 years ago with the technology of the 21st century. WWF UK Chief Executive said, "We are the first generation to know wen are destroying our planet and the last one that can do anything about it."
Wildlife is not just 'nice to have,' but it has important role in human health, food, medicine supplies and financial stability. They could be damaged by declines in wildlife and nature. Therefore, international action is needed over the next two years, and the WWF has encouraged nations all over the world to change the situation.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/health/wwf-wildlife-population-report-intl/index.html
Kaho Sugimoto
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