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Detailed explanation-1: -The Living Planet Report, WWF’s flagship publication released every two years, is a comprehensive study of trends in global biodiversity and the health of the planet.

Detailed explanation-2: -The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) published the Living Planet Report in collaboration with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL.) It is a biennial report (published every two years.) ZSL manages the living planet index (LPI) that too is released along with the report.

Detailed explanation-3: -The 2022 global Living Planet Index shows an average 69% decrease in monitored wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018. Latin America shows the greatest regional decline in average population abundance (94%). Population trends for monitored freshwater species are also falling steeply (83%).

Detailed explanation-4: -Published: Thursday 13 October 2022 There has been a 69 per cent decline in the wildlife populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, across the globe in the last 50 years, according to the latest Living Planet Report by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

Detailed explanation-5: -The Living Planet Index (LPI) is an indicator of the state of global biological diversity, based on trends in vertebrate populations of species from around the world. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) manages the index in cooperation with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).