How many of the world's mammals are wild?

I watched David Attenborough’s recent documentary on climate change and mankind’s current impact on the wild world. I was shocked by the opening statistic: that in today’s world, only 4% of the planet’s mammalian biomass is wild. 96% is made up of mankind and our domesticated livestock.

Essentially, Planet Earth has become a big farm for us. The Earth is not made up of humans alone, so I think it is vital we find and maintain space for wilderness.

I wanted to put these shocking statistics into a visual form by making several pie chart paintings that show the past abundance of mammals on earth versus today’s depleted state and also a potential future chart: one where we don’t proceed on our current trajectory, where we don’t arrive at a sad world with almost no wildlife, but a more positive one (which I intend to paint) where we decide to take action to reverse this trend and create a world where wildlife, in all its many miraculous forms (including us), can regenerate, thrive and flourish.

Crane Kalman Gallery @cranekalman cranekalman are selling prints of the first pie chart painting. A celebration of earths mammals. 100% of all money raised will go to the Environmental Justice Foundation @ejfoundation . A great organisation dedicated to protecting people and planet. Please contact Crane Kalman for sale enquiries.

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