Living Planet Report 2022 Shows Wildlife Species Dying Out

[Judi Lynn]

October 14, 2022 News Editor



Featured image: Hyacinth macaws perch on a fence in Santo Corazon, Santa Cruz, Bolivia (Photo courtesy clb foundation, Santo Corazon, Santa Cruz, Bolivia via Instagram)

WASHINGTON, DC, October 14, 2022 (ENS) – “The roar of the jaguar could be heard near the community three years ago, but not anymore. Compared with my childhood, I’ve witnessed a big difference. The animals in the community are now gone,” mourns Flor Delicia Ramos Barba. She feels the loss of nature in the Indigenous community of Santo Corazon in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where she lives.

“We also feel this lack in the rivers. The people used to go fishing to support their families, but now there are no fish. Tree species have also been disappearing,” Ramos Barba tells wildlife researchers.

The Indigenous community of Santo Corazon is by no means alone in losing wildlife, many species that were plentiful a mere 48 years ago.

From 1970 to 2018, monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have dropped by 69 percent on average, according to the Living Planet Report 2022.

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