A protester gestures as he holds a dog before a burning barricade during protests in Harare, Zimbabwe on January 15, 2019. (Photo by Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)
Global wildlife populations will decline by 67% by 2020 unless urgent action is taken to reduce human impact on species and ecosystems, warns the biennial Living Planet Index report from WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) and ZSL (Zoological Society of London). From elephants to eels, here are some of the wildlife populations most affected by human activity. Here: The maned wolf is among the large mammals in the Brazilian Cerrado that are threatened by the increasing conversion of grasslands into farmland for grazing and growing crops. (Photo by Ben Cranke/Nature Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)
A Southwest Airlines jet takes off from Reagan National Airport with a thunderhead to the east on June 20, 2017 in Alexandria, VA. (Photo by Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)
A view of trees shrouded in fog on a late summer morning between Tureby and Slimminge on Zealand, Denmark, 10 September 2021. (Photo by Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA/EFE)
Alan Cumming and Uma Thurman attend the Versace for H&M Fashion event at the H&M on the Hudson on November 8, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images for Versace for H&M)
Billie Catherine Lourd and Keke Palmer must have loved their account balances so much, they posed in front of an ATM in Los Angeles on August 8, 2016. (Photo by Jen Lowery/Splash News)
Content Creator Tina Lee poses for pictures during a media preview of Summit at One Vanderbilt in New York, October 1, 2021. The Summit viewing deck is spread across the top four floors on One Vanderbilt in Manhattan, the fourth tallest building in the city. (Photo by Timothy A. Clary/AFP Photo)