Climate
Bluefin tuna return to UK waters highlights wildlife recoveries in WWF report
October 8, 2026 at 08:10 AM · Updated 8d ago
3 reports · over 10 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
‘Nature can recover’: Inside the race to rescue world’s crisis-hit wildlife
(opens the publisher’s site)
BNBBC News
UK bluefin tuna comeback shows nature can recover, says WWF
(opens the publisher’s site)
TGThe Guardian
Comebacks for wild tigers, tuna and sea turtles prove nature loss can be reversed, scientists say
(opens the publisher’s site)WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 reported a 73% average decline in monitored wildlife populations since 1970 alongside documented species recoveries.
- WWF's Living Planet Report 2026 found monitored wildlife populations fell by an average of 73% since 1970.
- Bluefin tuna have returned in large numbers to British waters after disappearing by the 1960s due to overfishing.
- Wild tiger numbers rose from roughly 3,200 in 2010 to about 5,700 by 2025, an increase of over 70%.
- The green sea turtle was downlisted from endangered to least concern on the IUCN red list last year.
- Mountain gorilla populations in Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC have recovered from near extinction to more than 1,100 individuals.
- Conservation experts said declines are not inevitable when science, policy, and community support align.