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    This document discusses endangered species and conservation efforts. It begins by defining endangered species and explaining the causes of endangerment, including habitat destruction, pollution, hunting, and invasive species. Several specific endangered animals are then described, such as the Vaquita, Northern White Rhinoceros, Snow Leopard, and Red Panda. The document concludes by outlining two Indian conservation projects - Project Snow Leopard which aims to protect Snow Leopards and their habitat, and Project Tiger which works to ensure high Bengal Tiger populations in reserves across India.

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    This document discusses endangered species and conservation efforts. It begins by defining endangered species and explaining the causes of endangerment, including habitat destruction, pollution, hunting, and invasive species. Several specific endangered animals are then described, such as the Vaquita, Northern White Rhinoceros, Snow Leopard, and Red Panda. The document concludes by outlining two Indian conservation projects - Project Snow Leopard which aims to protect Snow Leopards and their habitat, and Project Tiger which works to ensure high Bengal Tiger populations in reserves across India.

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    Endangered

    Species

    1
    Introduction

    2
    What causes animals to become endangered?
    Agenda
    3
    What animals are endangered?

    4
    Conservation projects
    Introduction
    An endangered species is one which has been
    categorized by the international union for conservation
    of nature (IUCN) as likely to become extinct. IUCN red list logo:
    Conservation biologists use the IUCN red list, where
    'Endangered' is the second most severe conservation
    status for wild populations, following critically
    endangered. These are species which are in the verge of
    going extinct is unless steps are taken soon to rescue it .
    Endangered species are also a population which is a
    high risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in
    number or threatened by changing environment or
    predation peramenters.
    What causes animals to become endangered?
    Humans are largely responsible when animals become extinct, endangered or threatened. These are some of the
    reasons why animals become endangered:

    Destruction of Habitat
    Humans destroy the animal's habitat (the natural environment of a living thing) when they fill swamps and, dam
    rivers and cut down trees to build homes, roads and other developments.

    Pollution
    Oil spills, acid rain and water pollution have been devastating for many species of fish and birds.

    Hunting and Fishing


    Many animals are over hunted because their meat, fur and other parts are very valuable.

    Exotic Species
    When animals or plants arrive into a new habitat from a foreign place they sometimes introduce diseases that the
    native species can't fight or take up the natural resources for themselves. These invasive species can also prey on
    the native species.
    What animals are endangered?

    Some of the endangered animals are:

    1. Vaquita
    2. Northern White rhinoceros
    3. Snow leopard
    4. Sunda Island Tiger
    5. Amur Leopard
    6. Ganges river dolphin
    7. Black Buck
    8. Red panda
    Name : Vaquita
    Length : 140 - 150 cm
    Origin : Mexico’s Gulf of California
    Life expectancy : 21 years
    No. of species left : 9
    Red list category : Critically endangered
    Cause of endangerment : Bycatch in gillnets
    Name : northern white rhinoceros
    Length : 4 m
    Origin : east and Central Africa south of the Sahara
    Life expectancy : 27 - 30 years
    No. of species left : 2
    Red list category : critically endangered
    Cause of endangerment : poaching

    .
    Name : snow leopard
    Length : 90 – 115 cm
    Origin : central asia
    Life expectancy : 15 - 18 years
    No. of species left : 10,000
    Red list category : vulnerable
    Cause of endangerment : fur fashion
    Name : sunda island tiger
    Length : 90 – 115 cm
    Origin : central asia
    Life expectancy : 15 - 18 years
    No. of species left : 10,000
    Red list category : vulnerable
    Cause of endangerment : illegal hunting
    Cause of endangerment : and deforestation.
    Name : Amur tiger
    Length : 93 m
    Origin : south korea
    Life expectancy : 10 - 15 years
    No. of species left : 350 - 400
    Red list category : endangered
    Cause of endangerment :Loss of natural habitat
    Name : ganges river dolphin
    Length : 2.2 - 2.6 m
    Origin : Hooghly River
    Life expectancy : 15 - 18 years
    No. of species left : 10,000
    Red list category : endangered
    Cause of endangerment : polluted water
    Name : Blackbuck
    Length : 74 - 84 cm
    Origin : India and Nepal
    Life expectancy : 10 - 15 years
    No. of species left : 77
    Red list category : Least concerned
    Cause of endangerment : excessive hunting
    Name : Red panda
    Length : 50 – 64 cm
    Origin : Himalayas and southwestern China
    Life expectancy : 15 years
    No. of species left : 10,000
    Red list category : Endangered
    Cause of endangerment :Habitat destruction
    Conservation Projects

    Project Snow Leopard


    The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change launched Project Snow Leopard in
    2009 to promote an inclusive, participatory, and landscape-based approach to conserve Snow
    Leopards and their habitat in India. The project aims to protect and conserve the high-
    altitude of the Himalayan and trans-Himalayan regions to improve wildlife conservation and
    adopt a participatory approach that involves the local communities and other stakeholders in
    safeguarding the snow leopard and its habitat.
    Project Tiger

    Project Tiger is a tiger conservation program started in April 1973 by the Government of
    India. The aim of the project is ensuring a high population of the Bengal tiger in its
    natural habitats, protecting it from extinction, and preserving areas of biological
    importance as a natural heritage that represent the diversity of ecosystems across the
    tiger's range in the country. The project's task force visualize these tiger reserves as
    breeding area, from which animals would migrate to forests. Funds and commitment
    were donated to support the intensive program of habitat protection and rehabilitation
    under the project.
    Endangered species presentation

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    Mrithika.V.G
    Mahalakshmi.G
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