Earth is losing biodiversity at a rate seen only during mass extinctions. But we can reverse that decline – if we act now.

So says a report from WWF, showing that global populations of vertebrate species have declined by 60 per cent on average in less than 50 years.

This global Living Planet Report is the 12^th of its kind, each one documenting deepening wildlife losses and sounding the alarm about the devastating impacts of human development and consumption on wildlife, forests, oceans, rivers and climate.

Barren-ground caribou (c) Francoise Gervais

Canadian wildlife are not exempt from this biodiversity crisis. WWF’s recent Living Planet Report Canada found that half of the wildlife species in Canada are declining, and of those, the decline is 83 per cent. Protected at-risk species haven’t shown signs of improvement either, the report finds.

Reversing the decline of wildlife…