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LIVING PLANET REPORT 2024

A system in peril

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. Now in its 15th edition, 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 around the world. This time it reveals a catastrophic 73% decline in the average size of monitored wildlife populations over just 50 years (1970-2020).

 

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DANGEROUS TIPPING POINTS ARE APPROACHING

The LPI and similar indicators all show that nature is disappearing at an alarming rate. While some changes may be small and gradual, their cumulative impacts can trigger a larger, faster change. When cumulative impacts reach a threshold, the change becomes self-perpetuating, resulting in substantial, often abrupt and potentially irreversible change. This is called a tipping point.

In the natural world, a number of tipping points are highly likely if current trends are left to continue, with potentially catastrophic consequences. These include global tipping points that pose grave threats to humanity and most species, and would damage Earth’s life-support systems and destabilize societies everywhere.

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THE 2024 GLOBAL LIVING PLANET INDEX SHOWS AN AVERAGE 73% DECREASE IN MONITORED WILDLIFE POPULATIONS BETWEEN 1970 AND 2020. LATIN AMERICA SHOWS THE GREATEST REGIONAL DECLINE IN AVERAGE POPULATION ABUNDANCE (95%).

THE GLOBAL DOUBLE EMERGENCY We are living through climate and biodiversity crises; these are not separate from each other but are two sides of the same coin.

LIVING PLANET REPORT IN THE NEWS

Read what's being said in the news about the Living Planet Report in the section below.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

TAKE ACTION FOR THE PLANET

♦ Make sustainable choices - whether this be using less plastic, curbing your food waste or opting for eco-friendly and sustainably-sourced products, your choice can make an impact.

♦ Speak up as a consumer and as a citizen - use your voice to encourage businesses and governments to shift to more sustainable policies and practices. 

♦ Spread the word - encourage your family and friends to join you as you show how much you care for our planet. 

Together, we can be the generation that changes our relationship with the planet, for the better.

WHAT MORE CAN I DO?

WHAT IS WWF DOING?

OUR WORK

Our mission is to stop the degradation of our planet's natural environment, and build a future in which people live in harmony with nature. We want to ensure that the world’s most important fisheries and ocean ecosystems are productive and resilient and improve livelihoods and biodiversity; the most iconic and endangered species are secured and recovering in the wild; the integrity of our most important forests, including their benefits to human well-being, is enhanced and maintained; freshwater ecosystems and flow regimes provide water for people and nature; a global shift toward a low carbon and climate resilient future is achieved; and that sustainable food systems conserve nature and maintain food security.

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ALMOST ALL ASPECTS OF HUMAN HEALTH DEPEND ON A THRIVING NATURAL WORLD. BUT IF BIODIVERSITY LOSS CONTINUES AT THE CURRENT RATE, THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF MANY WILL ONLY GET WORSE.