By 2020, global wildlife populations could drop by as much as two-thirds as a result of human activity, according to a new report from the WWF. Indeed, the report suggests the period in which humans have been the dominant species on Earth could be viewed as the world's sixth mass extinction event.
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Scott Baker is a Managing Editor & The Economics Editor at Opednews, and a former blogger for Huffington Post, Daily Kos, and Global Economic Intersection.
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