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The pledge comes as WWF announced its goal of halving the environmental impact of food shopping by 2030.

Global challenge embraces North Sea reef building in the Humber to North Atlantic whale protection off the US coast

Wildlife populations have fallen nearly 70% globally since 1970, the World Wildlife Fund’s latest Living Planet Report reveals – equivalent to a wipe-out of everyone in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Oceania and China

Wildlife populations around the world have dropped nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to the latest World Wildlife Fund index, which says the culprits are habitat degradation due to human development, along with farming, pollution, climate change and disease.

WWF has called for legislation to take deforestation-linked products off UK shelves.

WWF calls for urgent action as landmark report on wildlife populations shows ‘terrifying’ decline across the world.

The world's wildlife populations have declined by more than two-thirds since 1970 as forests have been cleared and oceans polluted, according to an assessment released on Thursday.

Since 1970, the population sizes of global wildlife have plummeted by nearly 70%, says WWF latest Living Planet Report, the most comprehensive in its 24-year history

Group will also develop more rental and resale options as it aims to be more sustainable