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Article Author: Now is the time to revive ailing planet
Media Source: The Star (Kenya)
Date: 14 September 2020
Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that the world is on a dangerous path of inexorable ecological decline, with severe consequences for human health, nutrition and climate security. The Living Planet Report published by the World Wildlife Fund reveals a 68% decline in wildlife populations on…
Alex Awiti, Vice Provost of the Aga Khan University in Kenya, writes that the world is on a dangerous path of inexorable ecological decline, with severe consequences for human health, nutrition and climate security. The Living Planet Report published by the World Wildlife Fund reveals a 68% decline in wildlife populations on average between 1970 and 2016. The planet is unravelling. Global populations of all wildlife (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles) is in precipitous decline in large part because of environmental degradation, which is also responsible for the emergence of zoonotic pandemics such as Covid-19.