Living Planet Report - aiming higher 2018
- Author
- WWF
- Year
- 2018
- Type
- report
- Category
- Bibliografía citada
WWF's 2018 Living Planet Report tracks the state of global wildlife and ecosystems through the Living Planet Index, covering more than 16,000 monitored animal populations. It documents pressures such as rainforest loss and warming, and argues that current conservation efforts fall short of what is needed to reverse biodiversity decline.
The Living Planet Report 2018, subtitled "Aiming Higher," is WWF's flagship biennial publication on the state of the natural world, edited by M. Grooten and R.E.A. Almond. It draws on the Living Planet Index, which tracks trends across 16,704 monitored populations of 4,005 vertebrate species (mammals, birds, fish, amphibians) on land, in freshwater and in the oceans, alongside other measures of ecosystem pressure such as forest loss (the report notes close to 20% of the Amazon rainforest lost over 50 years) and the pace of global warming. The report's central argument is that current conservation efforts, while valuable, are not enough: it calls for humanity to "aim higher" and "bend the curve" of biodiversity loss through more ambitious, coordinated action.
Credits: WWF. (2018). Living Planet Report - aiming higher 2018. Gland, Suiza: Grooten, M. and Almond, R.E.A. Also listed as: WWF. (2018). Living Planet Report 2018: Aiming higher. Gland, Switzerland: Grooten, M. and Almond, R.E.A.(Eds).
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