BOGOTA — The World Wildlife Fund has sounded the alarm across the planet's sea and oceans. "In just one generation, human activity has seriously harmed the ocean by catching fish faster than they can reproduce, while destroying their feeding zones," the director general of World Wildlife Fund International Marco Lambertini declared, as the WWF publishes its Living Blue Planet report.
El Espectador reports on the view from Latin America, with findings of a stark fall in all marine life numbers — with reductions of up to 75% for some species — since the 1970s. "The pressure on our seas is unprecedented" in Latin America, the regional head of WWF, Roberto Troya, told El Espectador. In addition to overfishing, climate change is both warming and acidifying the seas, leading to their destruction as living habitats.