A recent announcement from “Nature Briefing” regarding the global status of wildlife populations may help us recognize the tremendous asset we have in the wildlife and natural resources of Coastal Oregon, and especially the Southern Coast. Outdoor Recreation and Tourism are important aspects of how we interact and manage our coastal communities and our natural resources.<\/p>\n
Mammal, bird, fish and reptile populations have fallen on average by 60% since 1970, finds a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report involving 59 scientists from around the world. \u201cIf there was a 60% decline in the human population, that would be equivalent to emptying North America, South America, Africa, Europe, China and Oceania. That is the scale of what we have done,\u201d says Mike Barrett, executive director of science and conservation at the WWF.<\/p>\n
Runaway human consumption is to blame: the biggest cause of wildlife loss is the annihilation of natural habitats, much of it to create farmland to feed humans and livestock, followed by killing for food. The WWF is calling on world leaders to strike a global deal at the United Nations\u2019 Convention on Biological Diversity in 2020<\/a>, similar to the Paris agreement on climate change, to limit and reverse the destruction. \u201cThis is far more than just being about losing the wonders of nature, desperately sad though that is,\u201d says Barrett. \u201cThis is actually now jeopardising the future of people. Nature is not a \u2018nice to have\u2019 \u2014 it is our life-support system.\u201d<\/p>\n CNN | 10 min read<\/a> A recent announcement from “Nature Briefing” regarding the global status of wildlife populations may help us recognize the tremendous asset we have in the wildlife and natural resources of Coastal Oregon, and especially the Southern Coast. Outdoor Recreation and Tourism are important aspects of how we interact and manage our coastal communities and our natural… Continue reading
\nRead more: Nature<\/em> digs deep into the last WWF Living Planet Report in 2016<\/a>
\nReference: WWF Living Planet Report<\/a> & Nature Sustainability<\/em> paper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"