Marco Lambertini
Wildlife populations plunge 69 percent since 1970
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released on Oct. 13 that highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity.
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Industry threatens nearly half of UNESCO natural heritage sites
Almost half of all natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such as mining, oil exploration and illegal logging, conservation group WWF warned on April 6.
Industrial activities threaten half of world’s natural World Heritage sites
Industrial activities such as mining, dredging or drilling for oil threaten almost half of the world’s natural World Heritage sites, the WWF conservation group said on Wednesday.