The human species, therefore, whilst comprising only half of 1 per cent of
the global animal biomass, consumes a significant fraction of everything the Earth produces.
Not exact matches
Global peaks in abundance and
biomass of
animals at mid slope depths occur because this is the depth range where the vertically migrating
animals are most easily captured by fishes that live at or near the seafloor.
Current estimates indicate that 1.2 billion people (~ 18 % of
global population) live without access to electricity and more than 2.7 billion depend on wood or some other form of
biomass, including
animal dung, for heating and cooking (IEA, 2016).