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World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns

World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Living Planet Index shows vertebrate populations are set to decline by 67% on 1970 levels unless urgent action is taken to reduce humanity’s impact

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What would happen if all the fish disappeared?

What would happen to the Earth, and to us, if everything we eat in the oceans suddenly disappeared? We asked experts Tess Geers and Pedro Zapata at th

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Amazon Rainforest Are Disappearing And The Reason Behind That Is Shocking

Amazon Rainforest Are Disappearing And The Reason Behind That Is Shocking | Human Interest | Scoop.it
The Amazon rainforest is disappearing in front of our eyes and we are not able to do anything.The study has found that in the past 20 years, an area around the size of two Germanys has been cut from the ancient tropical rainforest which is surely the step towards devastation. As the number of trees is decreasing, the ability to regulate proper weather pattern is also getting disturbed which is causing enormous Drought in Sao Paulo and Brazil. Source Onegreenplanet 

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Rising avocado prices fuelling illegal deforestation in Mexico

Rising avocado prices fuelling illegal deforestation in Mexico | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Mexican farmers can make higher profits than most other crops so are thinning out pine forests to plant young avocado trees

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Planet Earth - As We Eat Our Way To Extinction

It is the no. 1 cause of global warming, world hunger, deforestation, water pollution, species extinction and other environmental disasters. Can you guess wh...

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