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solution. And it is by acknowledging the problem and understandingimportantly, the determination to put things right.We need a few things to change. First, we need unity around acommon cause. Public, private and civil society sectors need toleadership for change. Sitting on the bench waiting for someone elsethinking globally; businesses and consumers need to stop behavingas if we live in a limitless world.the subtitle of this edition of the Living Planet Report – “speciesand spaces, people and places”. We really are all connected – andwe must work to ensure that the upcoming generation can seizethe opportunity that we have so far failed to grasp, to close thisdestructive chapter in our history, and build a future where peoplecan live and prosper in harmony with nature.Marco LambertiniDirector GeneralWWF InternationalIT IS BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEMAND UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERSOF DECLINE THAT WE CAN FINDTHE INSIGHTS AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY,THE DETERMINATION TO PUT THINGS RIGHTForeword page 5