Reports and Indices

WWF Living Planet Report 2026

October 12 , 2026 10 hrs 0 min 29 0

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) released the Living Planet Report 2026, reporting a 73% decline in the average size of monitored global wildlife populations between 1970 and 2022.
The report was prepared with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and analysed 5,790 vertebrate species.
Freshwater wildlife populations recorded the highest decline at 85%, followed by terrestrial populations at 69% and marine populations at 59%.
India’s wildlife conservation gains include 3,682 tigers (2022), 891 Asiatic lions (2025), over 3,300 greater one-horned rhinoceroses and 718 snow leopards.
India’s first nationwide river dolphin assessment estimated 6,324 Ganges river dolphins across the surveyed river systems between 2021 and 2023, covering 8,507 km across 28 rivers.
The common leopard population in India was estimated at 13,874.
Monitored wildlife populations in the Asia-Pacific region declined by 49% between 1970 and 2022, based on 4,664 populations from 787 species.
Habitat loss and degradation were the most frequently reported threats, followed by overexploitation, climate change, pollution, invasive species and disease.