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Humanity Failing the Earth’s Ecosystems

Source
Inter Press Service News Agency

Publication Date
2014-10-06

COLOMBO, Oct 6 2014 (IPS) - In pure numbers, the past few decades have been marked by destruction: over the last 40 years, Earth has lost 52 percent of its wild animals; nearly 17 percent of the world’s forests have been felled in the last half-century; freshwater ecosystems have witnessed a 75-percent decline in animal populations since 1970; and nearly 95 percent of coral reefs are today threatened by pollution, coastal development and overfishing.

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