Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to the Living Planet Report - 2014 (Species and Spaces, People and Places) released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ? 1. The Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representativ

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Q: 112 (CDS-I/2015)

Which of the following statements is/are correct with regard to the Living Planet Report - 2014 (Species and Spaces, People and Places) released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) ?
1. The Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures more than 10,000 representative populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, has declined by 52% since 1970.
2. The most dramatic regional LPI decrease occurred in Africa.
Select the. correct answer using the code given below :

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Science

question_exam: 

CDS-I

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{'living planet index': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'living planet report': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'dramatic regional lpi decrease': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'lpi': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'species': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'representative populations': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'world wildlife fund': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'birds': [5, 0, 1, 1], 'mammals': [2, 0, 2, 2], 'reptiles': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

The correct answer is option 1, which states that only statement 1 is correct.

Statement 1 states that the Living Planet Index (LPI), which measures the populations of various species, has declined by 52% since 1970. This means that there has been a significant decrease in the populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish over the past few decades.

Statement 2 is not mentioned in the question, so we cannot determine its correctness or incorrectness based on the information provided.

In summary, the Living Planet Report - 2014 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reveals that the Living Planet Index has declined by 52% since 1970. However, we do not have any information about the most dramatic regional LPI decrease occurring in Africa.