Wednesday 28 September 2022 09:44 PM HALF of the world's birds are in decline with 1 in 8 species moving 'faster' to ... trends now
Almost half the world's bird species have declining populations at least one in eight are threatened by extinction, a new report reveals.
The 100-year-old conservation organization BirdLife says that this year's report, which summarizes data gathered from researchers, conservationists and citizen scientists, paints the most concerning picture for nature yet.
Forty-nine percent of the world's bird species are now in decline, with only six percent having increased their populations since the last report in 2018.
One in eight species, or 1,409 in total, are threatened with extinction. Nearly 3 billion birds are estimated to have been lost in North America alone since 1970.
Almost half the world's bird species have declining populations at least one in eight are threatened by extinction, a new report reveals
The main threats to birds include the growth of unsustainable agriculture, logging, invasive species, over-exploitation and climate change
'We have already lost over 160 bird species in the last 500 years, and the rate of extinction is accelerating,' said Lucy Haskell, Science Officer for BirdLife and lead author of State of the World's Birds report.
'Historically, most extinctions were on islands, but worryingly there is a growing wave of continental extinctions, driven by landscape-scale habitat loss.'
'The status of the world's birds continues to deteriorate: species are moving ever faster towards extinction,' said the report released this week.
Most bird populations face a combination of human-caused threats.
One in eight species, or 1,409 in total, are threatened with extinction. Nearly 3 billion birds are estimated to have been lost in North America alone since 1970
'We have already lost over 160 bird species in the last 500 years, and the rate of extinction is accelerating,' said Lucy Haskell, Science Officer for BirdLife and lead author of State of the World's Birds report
Forty-nine percent of the world's bird species are now in decline, with only six percent having increased their populations since the last report in 2018
The main threats include the growth of unsustainable agriculture,
