The world could lose two-thirds of its wildlife by 2020, according to a report
Logging and agriculture are the main reasons for the destruction of environments and the animals that reside in them
According to the latest report by the Living Planet Index, of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the number of wild animals living on Earth is expected to drop by two-thirds by 2020, if nothing is done to reduce the impact of human actions. The report's analysis indicates that animal populations fell 58% between 1970 and 2012, with losses on track to reach 67% by 2020.
WWF and Zoological Society of London they drew up the report from scientific data and found that habitat destruction, hunting and pollution were to blame for such a decline.
The biggest reason for the drop in the number of animals is the destruction of wild areas for agriculture and logging: most of the earth's land area has already been impacted by humans. Poaching and food exploitation are other serious factors due to unsustainable fishing and hunting.
Pollution is also another worrying problem, which affects animals such as killer whales and dolphins, which are seriously impacted by industrial pollutants.
Source: The Echo from The Guardian
