Otters are among species to have made a notable comeback in parts of the UK, showing how wildlife populations can recover when the right protections are in place. (Envato Elements pic)LONDON: The headline number is grim - wildlife populations around the world have declined by an average of 73% since 1970.
Yet behind that figure are signs that nature can recover - sometimes remarkably quickly - when habitats are protected, hunting and fishing are better controlled, and threatened species are given room to rebuild.
The latest Living Planet report by WWF, produced with the Zoological Society of London, tracked 35,803 populations across 5,790 species of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and amphibians between 1970 and 2022.
