Africa Set to Lose 50 Percent of Birdlife, Unless Land Areas Are Protected

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The world faces an environmental disaster. In the last 50 years 60% of wildlife has disappeared, we're losing more than 18 million acres of forest every year and 1/3 of global fish stocks have been depleted due overfishing.

In Africa the situation is even worse and by 2050 we are set to lose 50% of all bird and mammal populations and see a 20-30% decline in the productivity of Africa's lakes. In addition, an estimated 500,000 square kilometres of African land has been degraded by overexploitation of natural resources, erosion, salinsation and pollution.

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