Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores | Science Advances According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 44 of the 74 largest terrestrial herbivores (~60%) are listed as threatened with extinction (including 12 critically endangered or extinct in the wild), and 43 (~58%) have decreasing populations [(); table S1]
Over 30% of tree species are threatened by extinction . . . More than 440 tree species are right on the brink of extinction with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild At least a third of tree species worldwide are at risk of extinction, a new
Population - Our World in Data World Population Prospects 2024 is the 28th edition of the official estimates and projections of the global population that have been published by the United Nations since 1951 The estimates are based on all available sources of data on population size and levels of fertility, mortality and international migration for 237 countries or areas
WWF’s Living Planet Report Reveals Average Two-thirds Decline . . . The Living Planet Index (LPI), provided by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), shows that factors believed to increase the planet’s vulnerability to pandemics - including land-use change and the use and trade of wildlife - were also some of the drivers behind the 68 per cent average decline in global vertebrate species populations between 1970 and 2016