{"id":2406,"date":"2014-09-30T20:42:47","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T20:42:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astraea.net\/blog\/?p=2406"},"modified":"2014-10-01T07:28:37","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T07:28:37","slug":"in-my-lifetime-weve-wiped-out-half-earths-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/in-my-lifetime-weve-wiped-out-half-earths-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"In my lifetime, we&#8217;ve wiped out half earth&#8217;s wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/livingplanet.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/livingplanet.png?resize=300%2C723\" alt=\"livingplanet\" width=\"300\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/livingplanet.png?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/livingplanet.png?resize=124%2C300&amp;ssl=1 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>And more than doubled the weight of humans (not including all our stuff).<\/p>\n<p>Will they all be gone when my children are my age?<\/p>\n<p>The latest edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panda.org\/lpr\"><em>Living Planet Report<\/em><\/a> is not for the faint-hearted. The Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, has declined by 52 per cent since 1970.<\/p>\n<p>We ignore their decline at our peril.<\/p>\n<p>We are using nature\u2019s gifts as if we had more than just one Earth at our disposal.<\/p>\n<p>In a world where so many people live in poverty, it may appear as though protecting nature is a luxury. But it is quite the opposite. For many of the world\u2019s poorest people, it is a lifeline. Importantly though, we are all in this together. We all need nutritious food, fresh water and clean air \u2013 wherever in the world we live.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, each one of us can and does make a difference.\u00a0 We can all stop, step bank, think and make a few changes to our consumption pattern and lifestyle.\u00a0 The kind of changes that will probably make us happier too, like spending more time with family and friends, using fewer chemicals on ourselves, homes and food, enjoying the journey instead of rushing from A to B.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livingplanetindex.org\/home\/index\">Living Planet Index<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.panda.org\/lpr\">2014 Living Planet Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"project\" title=\"LivingPlanetReport\" href=\"http:\/\/www.livingplanetindex.org\/home\/index#\" name=\"LivingPlanetReport\">Report summary<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-header\">BBC: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-29418983\">World wildlife populations halved in 40 years &#8211; report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And more than doubled the weight of humans (not including all our stuff). Will they all be gone when my children are my age? The latest edition of the Living Planet Report is not for the faint-hearted. The Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/in-my-lifetime-weve-wiped-out-half-earths-wildlife\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">In my lifetime, we&#8217;ve wiped out half earth&#8217;s wildlife<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,22,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","category-living","category-risk-and-terror"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4hwcd-CO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406\/revisions\/2417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.astraea.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}