World lost 68% vertebrates in 1970-2016: WWF
Freshwater wildlife down 84%; Latin America, the Caribbean particularly hit
SNIPPETS
World lost 8 per cent of its forests in past 14 years: study
UN plans to restore 150 degraded forests by 2020
Selective saving
EU criticised for contradictory policies
Words are biotic
Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic plurality are also areas of biodiversity?