Thread: Wildlife could witness mass extinction

Wildlife could witness mass extinction as WWF reports 58% decline in animal population since 1970

Living Planet Report 2016 shows a dangerous decline of up to 81% of population of fresh water species.
By Lara Rebello
October 27, 2016 10:15 BST

The population of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles is rapidly decline across the world. According to a recently-released Living Planet Report 2016, their overall populations have witnessed a drop of 58% between 1970 and 2012 and if the current trends continue, the world could lose more than two-thirds of its wildlife by 2020.

The index – has been compiled by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) with data provided by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) which tracks about 14,200 populations of 3,700 species of vertebrates – creatures that range in size from pea-sized frogs to 30-metre (100ft) long whales.

It indicates a decline by 38% in terrestrial populations; while that of marine life has fallen by 36%. However, the freshwater animal population seems to have been worst affected, with an 81% fall in numbers.

"Wildlife is disappearing within our lifetimes at an unprecedented rate," Marco Lambertini, director general of WWF International said in a statement. "Biodiversity forms the foundation of healthy forests, rivers and oceans. We are entering a new era in Earth's history: the Anthropocene."

The Anthropocene defines Earth's most recent geologic time period as being human-influenced, or anthropogenic, based on overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other Earth system processes are now altered by humans.

The report also suggests that unsustainable agriculture, residential and commercial development, energy production, human food system, overfishing, climate change, poaching and unsustainable hunting are some of the key reasons behind the dwindling numbers.

"We have the tools to fix this problem and we need to start using them immediately," Lambertini explained, with Ken Norris, director of science at ZSL adding, "Importantly, however, these are declines – they are not yet extinctions – and this should be a wake-up call to marshal efforts to promote the recovery of these populations."

Read the complete Living Planet Report 2016 here.

WWF report: Wildlife populations have plummeted by 58% since 1970

Not in pattaya yet

The faster we ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER the quicker we achieve our goal of wildlife mass extinction.

With the blessings of God, Jehovah, Allah and the rest the world weirdos.

Same goes for languages. It's already happening. Nostradamus says it'll all be over by 2829AD

Originally Posted by HermantheGerman

The faster we ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY & HUNGER the quicker we achieve our goal of wildlife mass extinction.

With the blessings of God, Jehovah, Allah and the rest the world weirdos.

There's an easy way to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger... and it doesn't involve handing out money and food.

When's the flying saucer coming to pick you up, race traitor?

Where wildlife is disappearing the largest % is asia, Africa, s America and the oceans. In n America the corner has been turned. The effort to save wildlife must mean economic and financial pressure on those areas. Not another massive green effort to make better what is already the most improving area in the world. And to rein in the worlds ravagers we must take on the centre of it which is china and bring them in line. Here is a real test for the extreme left to finally face reality and face the Chinese problem. Splitting hairs in n America or w Europe to make the world healthier is a waste of time.

Originally Posted by pulvarien

Where wildlife is disappearing the largest % is asia, Africa, s America and the oceans. In n America the corner has been turned. The effort to save wildlife must mean economic and financial pressure on those areas. Not another massive green effort to make better what is already the most improving area in the world. And to rein in the worlds ravagers we must take on the centre of it which is china and bring them in line. Here is a real test for the extreme left to finally face reality and face the Chinese problem. Splitting hairs in n America or w Europe to make the world healthier is a waste of time.

The extreme left will never stop using any and all pretexts to try and gain more control over the populace. They cannot be trusted, they corrupt all good things and turn them to their purposes.

Allahu akbar.

The wildlife is being replaced by animals useful to man, chickens, cattle, water buffalo, pigs, horses, sheep, goats, easier to catch and eat.

^Yep. Nevermind, all the other shit we don't eat will be available to see in Zoos.

No different from the plant kingdom, the plants that are useful to mankind are planted in massive numbers , watered fed , given light and billions of acres of virgin rainforest land to grow in.
Your home now stands on land that once had wild flowers and wildlife.

here's a possible starting point.

An alternative view...

THE loss of two-thirds of the earth’s wild animals in the next four years has been blamed on their refusal to earn and save money.

Animals from elephants to salamanders are expected to die out completely by 2020, which is widely supposed to be because they have not worked hard enough.

Stephen Malley of Hitchin said: “Habitat being wiped out? Tough all over mate.

“I got priced out of Walthamstow so I moved up here, started a Bargain Booze franchise, coining it. You’ve got to be adaptable.

“But your gorillas just sit on their arses never thinking about where the next tract of primary rainforest is coming from.”

Primary school teacher Susan Traherne agreed: “Since 2008 I’ve been on a tracker mortgage for low interest, but now I’m on a fixed rate in case they go up.

“The endangered Panamanian golden frog should take a leaf out of my book and plan for changing circumstances, or he’s got nobody but himself to blame.”

Mountain gorilla Tom Logan said: “Fair enough, I made some mistakes, I’m holding my hands up.”

Endangered animals ?guilty of poor financial planning?

The underlying question is whether this is species disappearing as a result of the American consumer or the Chinese consumer; or the general expansion of tinted people in the third world into habitats. Either way, there seems to be a final destination:

Now finally for some good news. The world alcoholics (the one's that dance like they have concussion ) have given up their resistance and agreed on this historic agreement.

October 28 2016 - 8:42PM
Landmark Hobart deal creates world's largest marine park in icy Antarctic seas

The Antarctic Ross Sea is the healthiest marine ecosystem on the planet – home to toothfish, seals, a range of penguins and a unique population of killer whale.
Lying south of New Zealand, it is vast, cold and largely untainted by human contact.
After a landmark deal reached in Hobart on Friday, it will stay this way for at least the next 35 years. More than 50 countries including Australia, the US, China, Russia and members of the European Union agreed to make the Ross Sea the world's first large-scale marine park in international waters.
It means 1.55 million square kilometres of ocean – an area nearly twice the size of NSW – will be protected.
More than two-thirds of the park, including coastal areas, will be off limits for fishing. Some areas will be set aside for research, particularly into krill.
The deal comes after several years of stalled talks, with China and Russia opposed to the park. Beijing changed its position this year and Russian delegates relented during negotiations in Tasmania over the past fortnight.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, who had lobbied for the protected area, issued a statement saying it was further proof the world was finally starting to understand the urgency of threats facing the planet.
He said it followed years of scientific and policy work, intense negotiations and principled diplomacy.
"It happened because our nations understood the responsibility we share to protect this unique place for future generations," Mr Kerry said.
"The Ross Sea region marine protected area will safeguard one of the last unspoiled ocean wilderness areas on the planet – home to unparalleled marine biodiversity and thriving communities of penguins, seals, whales, seabirds, and fish."
The Antarctic Ocean Alliance, a collection of environmental and conservation groups, hailed the agreement as historic.
Andrea Kavanagh, from the Pew Charitable Trusts, said it was the first time that nations had agreed to protect a huge area of the ocean not within the jurisdiction of any individual country.
Alliance project director Mike Walker welcomed countries putting aside years of difference to reach the deal. But he warned limiting it to 35 years contradicted scientific advice that it should be long-term.
"We are confident that the significant benefits of protecting the Southern Ocean will soon be clear and the international community will act to safeguard this special place long into the future," he said.
The deal came as a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in Slovenia backed Australian proposals to increase scrutiny of Japan's controversial "scientific whaling" program and to make the commission operate more effectively.
The commission said the first change meant countries would need its approval to hunt whales for scientific research. Critics warned it would make little difference because the commission had no enforcement powers.
But Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg, who represented Australia at the talks, said it meant Japan's program would be considered by the commission, not just a scientific committee.
He said it would increase pressure on Tokyo to end its whaling program.
"The message is clear: you don't need to kill whales to study them," he said.
The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, based in Hobart, has been meeting since 1980.
The agreement follows delegates from 129 countries at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature last month calling for the protection of 30 per cent of the planet's oceans by 2030.
Mr Frydenberg praised the perseverance of New Zealand and the US, which jointly proposed the Ross Sea protected area five years ago, and the will of all countries involved.
He said Australia's proposal for protected areas covering about one million square kilometres in East Antarctica would be considered next year. He said its role this year included helping ensure the sustainability of Southern Ocean krill.
"As a result krill catch limits will continue to be spread across the Antarctic Peninsula to meet the needs of penguins, flying seabirds and other marine mammals, while all krill fishing vessels will have full scientific observer coverage within the next five years," he said.


Landmark Hobart deal creates world's largest marine park in icy Antarctic seas

Some areas will be set aside for research, particularly into krill.

Is this the same sort of "research" that Japan does with whales?