“Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilisation.”
We are “destroying the web of life, billions of years in the making, upon which human society ultimately depends for clean air, water and everything else. We are sleepwalking towards the edge of a cliff.”
For full article please go to https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/30/humanity-wiped-out-animals-since-1970-major-report-finds