Vertebrate species decline by ⅓ in 1970-2003 and Earth can’t keep up regeneration

February 24th, 2010

The “Human footprint too big for nature” report issued by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on 24 October 2006, confirmed concerns from the previous year noting that “Already resources are depleting, with the report showing that vertebrate species populations have declined by about one-third between 1970 and 2003. At the same time, humanity’s Ecological Footprint (that is, the demand people place upon the natural world) has increased to the point where the Earth is unable to keep up in the struggle to regenerate.

Source: Human footprint too big for nature – WWF

Date: 24 October 2006

Source: Living Planet Report 2006 – WWF

Date: 2006