![Giraffes in northern Uganda [photo: Suzanne York]](http://populationgrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/giraffes-with-mountain-150x100.jpg)
By Suzanne York. It’s an almost unbelievable statistic in an age of shocking facts – humans make up just .01% of all life on Earth but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals and 50% of plants since the dawn of civilization. Of all the mammals on Earth, 96% are livestock and humans and only 4% are
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Tags: biodiversity, Climate Change, droughts, endangered species, water scarcity
![One of the silverbacks of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park [photo: Suzanne York]](http://populationgrowth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/silverback-lounging-1-150x100.jpg)
By Suzanne York. There was some good news on the nature front, just in time for World Environment Day – the number of mountain gorillas in the Virunga Massif in central Africa has increased to above 1,000. This represents a rise of 25% since 2010 of a critically endangered species. It is a sign of hope
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Tags: endangered species, Family Planning, mountain gorillas, PHE