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The world is becoming increasingly complex and so are the environmental problems we are facing. According to the Living Planet Index (LPI), the population sizes of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have seen an alarming average drop of 68% since 1970.
This has huge implications for the Asia Pacific region, which is hugely diverse with many unique ecosystems. Species populations monitored in APAC have steadily decreased on average since 1970. The most alarming is the average decline of 84%...