52% of global wildlife ‘gone’ in past 40 years: WWF

According to WWF, humans have decimated half of the world’s wildlife in the past four decades – we’re also very close to killing off our own species.

The conservation group’s Living Planet Report, published every two years, says humankind’s demands are now 50% more than nature can bear, with trees being felled, groundwater pumped and carbon dioxide emitted faster than Earth can recover.