World Population (1950-2025) - Macrotrends Total population for the world in 2023 was 8,061,876,001, a 0 9% increase from 2022 Total population for the world in 2022 was 7,989,981,520, a 0 87% increase from 2021 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship The values shown are midyear estimates
WWF Living Planet Report: Devastating 69% drop in wildlife . . . Notes to Editors: The 2022 global Living Planet Index (LPI) shows an average 69% decline in monitored vertebrate wildlife populations The percentage change in the index reflects the average proportional change in animal population sizes tracked over 48 years - not the number of individual animals lost nor the number of populations lost
What are the extent and causes of biodiversity loss? What is the current state of biodiversity? Today, Earth’s staggering biodiversity is in a state of crisis: species are disappearing faster than ever in human history Globally, at least 1 2 million plant and animal species are estimated to be under threat of extinction, many of them before 2100
The global biomass of wild mammals - PNAS Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) have a total mass of ≈20 Mt, similar to the combined biomass of all wild terrestrial mammals Domestic cats (Felis catus) have a total biomass of ≈2 Mt, almost double that of the African savanna elephant and four times that of all moose (Alces alces, SI Appendix) These domesticated-to-wild mass ratios
Recognizing ecosystem services contribution to SDGs . . . For example, the Sustainable Development Goals Report 2020 pointed out that among the targets that should be achieved by the end of 2020, the targets included in SDG2, SDG6 and SDG15 have not made sufficient progress (such as SDG 2 5, 6 6, 15 1, 15 2, and 15 9), and some targets have even deteriorated (such as SDG 15 5, and 15 8) (UN, 2020b
Importance of Biodiversity - BYJUS But, Europe has around 11,300 vascular plants Also, other areas, such as salt flats or a polluted stream, have fewer species Ecosystem Diversity There is a large diversity of different ecosystems that have distinctive species This ecosystem varies with each other as per their habitats and the difference in their species
APES 2. 2-2. 3 Flashcards - Quizlet Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like Which of the following would be categorized as a cultural ecosystem service of forests?, Which of the following would most likely result from the deforestation of large areas of tropical rain forests caused by slash-and-burn agriculture?, Based on the theory of island biogeography, which of the following is the most likely reason