Humans have been around for more than 2 million years. In the last 44 years, the "period between 1974-2014" we lost 60% of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians due to human activity. This mass extension report is available in the Living Planet report 2018.
20% of the Amazon has disappeared in just 50 years.
The earth has lost 50% of its shallow water corals in its past 30 years.
Humans are releasing 100 billion tons of carbon into the earth's system
every 10 years. In April 2018, the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached an average of 410 parts per million(ppm).
Only 25% of the land on earth is substantially free of human impact activities. This is going to decline to just 10% by 2050.
"Today, we still have a choice. We can be the founder of a global movement that changed our relationship with the planet or we can be the generation that had, its chance and failed to act. The choice is ours"
- Marco Lambertini
DG WWF
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