Deforestation: 69% of the world's wildlife has been destroyed in the last 52 years

• Shocking World Wildlife Fund report states

• Forests the size of 27 football fields are destroyed every minute

Two-thirds of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970. That means 69 percent of wildlife (animals and plants) has disappeared from land and sea. This shocking report has been published by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Climate change, deforestation and pollution are mainly responsible for this.

Interestingly, humans are destroying forests equivalent to 27 football fields every minute. Humans are destroying forests and creating concrete forests. While due to its development wildlife is fighting a life and death battle. Many animals have died due to toxic air, polluted river. Millions of species of animals and plants are on the verge of extinction. Man is destroying the wild life for his selfishness.

WWF prepared this report using data from the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). ZSL director Andrew Terry said 69 percent of the population has been destroyed, which is very dangerous. We destroy our world.

According to ZSL data, the population of 32 wild animals of over 5000 species has declined by 69 percent. The main reasons behind it are climate change, human encroachment on natural habitats, pollution and deforestation.

Wildlife is declining by 2.5% per year

The largest declines in wildlife populations have occurred in Latin America and the Caribbean. The total wildlife population here has declined by 94% in five decades. The population of pink river dolphins found in the Brazilian Amazon has declined by 65% ​​between 1994 and 2016. Andrew Terry said that looking at the last two WWF reports, wildlife populations are declining by 2.5% per year.