What Species Decline?

Two independent groups of scientists have destroyed the always improbable claim that vertebrates across the planet have declined by 69 percent since 1970 made by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London. ⁽¹⁾

A group of Canadian biologists has shown that the figure is a statistical freak. They reveal that the estimate is driven by 2.4 percent of wildlife populations, adding, "If these extremely declining populations are excluded, the global trend switches to an increase."

It is a bedrock climate and ecological scare story repeated endlessly in the mainstream media and broadcast everywhere from UN platforms to school classrooms.
Less inspiring might have been the message that 2.4 percent of vertebrate populations are currently doing badly--it's nature, it happens--but the rest on average are just dandy. ⁽¹⁾