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WHAT IS THE LIVING PLANET REPORT?
The Living Planet Report (LPR) is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet. The report provides a science-led overview of the state of the natural world and includes the Living Planet Index (LPI), which tracks how species populations are faring worldwide.
WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 reveals devastating biodiversity loss over a 52-year period: on average, there has been a 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations. At the same time, evidence points to wildlife that can recover if we address the drivers of nature loss in energy, food, and financial systems.
Latin America and the Caribbean has recorded an average 95% decline in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2022 — the steepest of any region in the world. The drivers are familiar: forests and wetlands converted, rivers dammed, species overexploited, a changing climate.
The Guianas sit inside that region, yet we remain among the most forested places on Earth. That is not an accident, and it is not guaranteed. The Guiana Shield is part of the wider Amazon, and the report is clear that losing the Amazon as a carbon sink would be a dangerous tipping point, while also reminding us that tipping points can work in the other direction. We must work together (with governments and communities) to maintain forests, freshwater resources and promote sustainable livelihoods; keeping standing forests standing, and making sure that choice is rewarded.
DOWNLOAD FULL REPORTONGOING BIODIVERSITY LOSS
While the overall percentage change matches the 2024 Living Planet Report, the new assessment uses additional population data and a longer monitoring timeframe, highlighting ongoing biodiversity loss. The Living Planet Index (LPI), compiled by ZSL (Zoological Society of London), tracks 35,803 population trends across 5,790 vertebrate species from 1970 to 2022. The report emphasises that freshwater species experience the steepest declines (-85%), followed by terrestrial (-69%) and marine (-59%) species. Despite the overall downward trend, about half of LPI populations are stable or increasing.