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Dalhousie professor outlines harmful human impacts on oceans in global report
Recent wildfires, storms, heatwaves a direct result of climate change, scientists say The report states that “populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have declined by 68 per cent on average in less than half a century.”The main cause of the dramatic decline, according to the report, is habitat loss and degradation, including deforestation, “much of which is driven by how people produce and consume food.”According to the report, the same environmentally destructive practices are also contributing to the emergence of diseases such as COVID-19.The report also noted that wildlife populations in freshwater habitats “have suffered the starkest average population decline of 84 per cent, equivalent to 4 per cent per year