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New Recovery Tracker — documented comebacks and what worked →

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Evidence-led stories, species profiles, visual data and transparent sources — designed to help people understand the pressures shaping life on Earth.

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Major Threats

A permanent gateway to the most important pressures facing wildlife and ecosystems worldwide.

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Scroll-based storytelling

See the pattern.
Understand the cause.

Instead of presenting disconnected articles, Wild Earth Watch guides the reader through a documented chain: ecosystem, pressure, consequence, uncertainty and response.

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01 — Ecosystem

Forests are living infrastructure

They store carbon, regulate water, shelter species and connect landscapes. Their value is ecological, social and economic.

02 — Pressure

Fragmentation changes more than area

Roads, extraction and development divide habitats, alter movement and increase edge effects long before a landscape appears "gone".

03 — Response

Solutions should be measured, not assumed

Restoration, protection and policy can work — but outcomes depend on design, enforcement, scale and time.

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Field Notes

Ten places, up close

In-depth status reports on specific places — the species, ecosystems and pressures converging on one piece of land or sea, each sourced and reviewed as new evidence appears. See all ten places →

South America

Pantanal

The world's largest tropical wetland is losing its flood, and the jaguars are holding on where water remains.

Arctic

Svalbard

Record warming, a walrus population that has doubled, and reindeer that are thriving — for now.

Southeast Asia

Sumatra

A single cyclone killed an estimated 7% of the world's rarest great ape in four days.

East Africa

Serengeti–Mara

The world's most famous migration count was just cut roughly in half.

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Interactive atlas

One planet.
Many connected stories.

Species, ecosystems, threats, protected areas and projects are connected across six live interactive maps. The circle to the right is a real, clickable preview — drag to explore, or click any point to jump straight to its full profile.

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1M+species estimated to be at risk of extinction

420M haforest lost globally since 1990

11M tonsplastic entering the ocean each year

1.2°Capproximate global warming since the late 1800s

Knowledge library

A few places to start

Each profile follows a consistent structure so readers know what they are looking at: overview, status, documented impacts, uncertainty, sources and review date. Browse the full index above ↑

Ecosystem

Ancient Forests

Only 34% of the world's forests are still primary (old-growth). 2024 saw the highest annual loss of tropical primary forest on record — 6.7M hectares. Source: Global Forest Watch; WRI, 2025

Wildlife

African Elephant

The African Savanna Elephant is now listed Endangered, with the continental population down more than 50% over the past three generations (~75 years). Forest Elephants remain Critically Endangered. Source: IUCN Red List, 2024–25

Threat

PFAS Pollution

"Forever chemicals" have been documented in over 600 wildlife species, and recent sampling found PFAS in 98% of tested U.S. waterways. Source: EWG; Waterkeeper Alliance, 2025

Solution

Habitat Restoration

Marine restoration projects succeed roughly 64% of the time. The Iberian lynx recovered from 94 individuals in 2002 to 2,663 in 2025 through sustained habitat work. Source: Nature Communications, 2025; IUCN

Editorial method

Evidence you can inspect

Ratings reflect source quality, consistency, relevance, recency and uncertainty — not whether a conclusion is convenient or popular.

Evidence level

Very strong evidence

Peer-reviewed studies18

Official reports7

Independent datasets4

Last reviewedJuly 2026

Profile template

One structure. Clear expectations.

Status, range, ecology, pressures, trend, evidence gaps, conservation measures and transparent sources — presented in the same order across the platform.