ENDANGERED SPECIES & GOVERNMENT POLICIES

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Power Point Presentation by KANISHK JAIN

• Endangered Species Government Projects

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Endangered Species

• Species is the largest group of organisims that
  have a high level of Genetic similarities
• Species are generally Categorised as following
  groups
• INSECTS
• PLANTS
• VERTEBRATES
• INVERTEBRATES
• ALGAES
• MUSHROOMS

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Endangered Species are those which are in
immediate danger of becoming extinct needs
protection to survive .Endangered species show us
that our world may not be as healthy as we think

• Below are the few Species which are at present
  under ENDANGERED Catergory
• GIANT PANDA
• ROYAL BENGAL TIGER
• ONE HORN ASIAN RHINO

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Ways That Species Become Endangered

• Habitat loss
• Unregulated or illegal killing or collection
• Pesticides, pollution
• Competition with other species
• Disease
• Predation

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• The GIANT PANDA , rarest member of bear family,
  are only about 700 to 1000 alive in the world
  today .
• It weighs about 200 to 300 pounds (90 to 140
  kilograms), has a white heavy body, black legs,
  round black ears. The panda usually grows to
  about 5 to 6 feet .
• This peaceful creature is adored by world
  considered a national treasure in China.
• The bear is WWF's (WORLD WILD FUND ) logo since
  1961. WWFs main role in China conservation
  Bamboo forests home of GIANT PANDA .

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Endangered Means Theres Still Time

• There are two reasons why tigers are endangered,
  habitat loss and illegal killing.

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• 1 HORN ASIAN RHINO

WWF is working in both India and Nepal to
conserve the greater one-horned rhino
bystrengthening anti-poaching efforts and
protected area management  trying to restore
dispersal corridors creating additional
populations through translocations working with
local communities in Nepal to enable them to
benefit economically from the presence of rhinos.
With at least half of the total population,
India's Kaziranga National Park remains the key
reserve for this species.