Report: Humanity has wiped out 60 per cent of animal populations since 1970

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The huge loss is a tragedy in itself but also threatens the survival of civilisation, say the world's leading scientists

Humanity has wiped out 60 per cent 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....

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