The Living Planet Report uses the Ecological Footprint and additional complementary measures to explore the changing state of global biodiversity and human consumption. The Living Planet Report 2022, released October 13, 2022, shows a 69% decrease in the average size of monitored vertebrate wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018.

The report indicates that many of the main drivers of wildlife population decline are directly linked to human activities, including habitat loss, degradation, and exploitation. According to Global Footprint Network, humanity is currently using the resources of 1.75 planets to provide the goods and services we demand when we only have one Earth.

Ecological Footprint and biocapacity results were first included in the Living Planet Report 2000. At the time, it reported that humanity’s Ecological Footprint exceeded the planet’s biocapacity by about 30% in 1997. The current National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts (2022 edition), which have been improved over the years, mostly with more robust data sources, still show that global overshoot was 33% for 1997, as opposed to 75% for 2022.

Living Planet Report Partners

WWF
WWF is an independent conservation organisation, with more than 35 million followers and a global network active through local leadership in over 100 countries. WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which people live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological diversity, ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable, and promoting the reduction of pollution and wasteful consumption

Zoological Society of London
ZSL is a global science-led conservation organisation helping people and wildlife live better together to restore the wonder and diversity of life everywhere. It is a powerful movement of conservationists for the living world, working together to save animals on the brink of extinction and those which could be next.

Download or view the Living Planet Report 2022:

English – Full report (10 MB)

Download or view past Living Planet Reports:

Living Planet Report 2020
English – Full report (22 MB) |  English – Summary
French – Summary  |  Spanish – Summary  |
Chinese – Summary  |  Russian – Summary

Living Planet Report 2018
English – Full Report (15 MB)  |  French – Summary  |  German – Summary

Living Planet Report 2016
English – Full Report (22 MB)  |  English – Summary (6 MB)
French – Summary  |  Spanish – Summary  |
German – Summary  |  Italian – Summary

Living Planet Report 2014
English – Full Report (25 MB) | English – Summary (12 MB)  |
Italian – Summary  | Spanish – Summary   |
Russian – Summary  |  Chinese – Summary   

The Ecological Footprint for Sustainable Living in Japan
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Ecological Footprint of the Subjects of the Russian Federation 2014
Full Report Russian (56 MB)  | Full Report English (12 MB)

Ecological Footprint and Sustainable Consumption in China 2014
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Living Planet Report 2012
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Africa Ecological Footprint Report
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Asia Pacific Ecological Footprint
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China Ecological Footprint Report 2012
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Living Planet Report 2010
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  Living Planet Report 2008
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Canadian Living Planet Report 2007
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Europe 2007: Gross Domestic Product and Ecological Footprint
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Living Planet Report 2006
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Asia-Pacific 2005: The Ecological Footprint and Natural Wealth
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Europe 2005: The Ecological Footprint
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  Living Planet Report 2004
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  Living Planet Report 2002
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​​  Living Planet Report 2000
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