Living Planet Report

The Living Planet Report is published every 2years by the World Wide Fund for Nature since 1998. It is based on the Living Planet Index and ecological footprint calculations.

For other uses, see Living Planet (disambiguation).

The Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis, on the health of our planet and the impact of human activity. Humanity's demands exceed the Earth's capacity to sustain us.[1]

The 2018 report found a "decline of 60% in population sizes" of vertebrate species overall from 1970 to 2014. The tropics of South and Central America had an 89% loss compared to 1970. The 2018 report calls for new goals post-2020 alongside those of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.[2] The 2020 report says systemic changes are necessary to stop the destruction of global wildlife populations, including a complete overhaul of food production and consumption industries, along with making global trade more sustainable and removing deforestation completely from global supply chains.[3]

Editions

The first version of the Living Planet Report was published on 1998.[4] Following versions in 1999,[5] 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020.[1][2]

References
  1. Living Planet Report 2016: Risk and resilience in a new era (PDF) (Report). World Wildlife Fund. pp. 1–74. ISBN 978-2-940529-40-7. Retrieved 29 October 2016. (Summary Archived 13 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine).
  2. Living Planet Report 2018: Aiming higher (PDF) (Report). World Wildlife Fund. pp. 1–75. ISBN 978-2-940529-90-2. Retrieved 31 October 2018. (Summary).
  3. Lewis, Sophie (9 September 2020). "Animal populations worldwide have declined by almost 70% in just 50 years, new report says". CBS News. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. Living Planet Report 1998 Archived 9 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. Living Planet Report 1999 Archived 29 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved 29 October 2016.


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