By Rochelle Baker, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Canada’s National Observer Wildlife populations are plummeting while risks to nature rise across Canada as governments loosen environmental regulations to fast-track major projects, a World Wildlife Fund study shows. A little over half of the 910 vertebrate species monitored between 1970 to 2022 are in decline, according to WWF-Canada’s latest Living Planet Report, which tracks changes in national wildlife populations across different habitats. Wildlife populations have suffered an average decline of 10 per cent over the last half century, with some species faring better and others much worse, according to the report. The situation is stark for the species groups examined — birds, fish, mammals, and reptiles and amphibians — all of which are trending in the wrong direction, said James Snider, WWF-Canada’s…
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