Global wildlife populations have plummeted by an average of 73% over the past 50 years, according to the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Living Planet Report 2024.

This year's edition of the report analyzes almost 32,000 species populations with more than 838 new species and just over 11,000 new populations added since the last edition was published in 2020.

In 1994, Japan removed its Reservation and agreed to abide by the international trade ban. The manufacturing industry and domestic trade in tortoiseshell is allowed to continue legally in Japan today, ...

Globally, population sizes of mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians declined an average of 68% between 1970 and 2016, according to a new report from World Wildlife Fund.