I want to know about the Endangered species?

Question

I want a project report on Endangered species.. reason to consider then endangered speceis. Ways to save them. Photographs. As well as graph of there decrement..

Answer 1

this is a general consensus of why it is happening

you can maybe find something you like in here

is the rise in endangered species anyway related to deforestation????

LOSS OF HABITAT & EXSTINCTION+G.W.

Of the earth's estimated 10 million species, 300,000 have vanished in the past 50 years. each years, 3,000 to 30,000 species become extinct.

A lot of human activity is speeding that up since we tend to overpower all the other species in one way or another.

Some reasons why animals are being wiped out ,in the forrests are:

The hunting of exotic species for the consumer market

only about 10% of the animals caught survive

The hunting of animals for food by settlers

Forrest fires ,that have started because of slash and burning of forrest ,to clear the land for farming, had gotten out of control

The loss of Habitat because the conditions have changed ,e.g less humidity because of surrounding farmlands ,or overpumping of rivers for human use(farming and utility)

Because of contamination of the waters ,

Expanding populations and expanding farming ,that has to keep pace with the expanding populations are very strong forces that encroach upon the rainforest's

clearing them for farming and settlement areas .

In Mexico is a famous jungle that the Media has been trying to save for years

the Naturists ,and the government ,keep watch .laws are made for protection the wild and to forbid logging.

TV put out a series of documentaries

there are campaigns in the News papers

and all of this has not made the slightest difference

Rainforest's always are in third world countries and always in third world countries corruption and the need for money s highest

The jungle gets smaller by the day

more and more farmers move in .and burn the trees

It is an impossible situation

as long as there is poverty in these regions the destruction will continue

And the Animals will continue to be trapped ,as long as people keep buying the exotic animals

we must look for ways to improve economic situations on the edges of Nature .

The only way to preserve the forrest is to devellop eco tourism under strict control that has limited acces ,and use the local people in the concept as guides ,hotel staff and get them to start home industries of artifacts .

Eco tourism is the only concept that profits by a healthy back ground with out harming it

Trees are coming down all the time ,

in My town trucks loaded with huge logs of exotic timber leave the mountains with permits bought from corrupt oficials almost nightly

We can only guess at the exact amount but from my house we can see many bare patches on the mountains and the river is constantly muddy in the last 3 years ,because topsoils, without the protection of the forrests , is washed into the rivers ,

This is just one place and this is happening all over Mexico ,the Market for the wood being the USA.

The Indians or local people would cut everything down and burn the forrest to replace it with harmfull short term farming killing the soil in no time

IN THE PAST

the sahara used to be forrests

arabia ,irak ,iran used to be fertile lands in biblical times

Ghengas Kahn burned all the forrests here and filled the well with water and so turning vast lands into dessert.

the Spanish Armada deforested Spain

.the Phoenician fleet deforested Lebanon

Madagascar a botanic paradise is now destroyed

the exotic animals sold or killed ,the forest slash and burned for agriculture ,the coastal water poluted by topsoils washed fronm the denuded moutains by the rains.

Many countries in Africa (because of poverty and war as well as greedy farming )

Borneo because of the expensive timber

india ,China ,Mexico ,South Americas Amazonia,

Europe because of civilization,USA,Japan because of overpopulation,

REFORRESTATION

we must reforrest and at the same time reduce our carbon emissions.

most governments are aware of these and many first world countries now include programs to reduce their carbon emissions.

the world bank pays large subsidies for farmers to plant trees especially a tree called Paulownia elongate carolinia,because it is one of the better ones that capture carbon.

NOTE

1000 trees that are replanted do not come anywhere near as producing the same effect or fullfilling the same function ,as far as carbon absorbtion ,production of humidity,climatic effects as the absorbtion or release of heat ,as ONE SINGLE FULLY GROWN TREE.

People keep saying we are good we cut down a thousand trees and replanted 20 thousand more

This means nothing in terms of environmental effects.

It takes at least 10 to 20 years before one of these replanted trees makes the same impact as the ones that are removed.

And now the quest for ethanol the bio-.gas is begining to destroy more than anything else has in the past

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

CLIMATE CHANGE

And now many animals are becoming sick because of changes in temperature ,

vital links in the food chains are disapearing affecting other species further along in the chain

90% of the feral (wild) bee population in the United States has died out.

Recent studies in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands have shown that bee diversity is down 80 percent in the sites researched, and that "bee species are declining or have become extinct in Britain." The studies also revealed that the numbers of wildflowers that depend on pollination have dropped by 70 percent.

If bees continue to die off so would the crops they support and with that would ensue major economic disruption and possibly famine.

Bees are not the only polinators but if these things are happening to bees we can bet on it that other insects are also in trouble ,on top of this many people are spraying for mosquitos ,with drastic effects .

So much follows the insects in the food chains ,that we can expect a lot of very bad changes in the environment .

Only time will tell what is in store for us ,and that time is running now .

Everything is happening so fast it is not possible to monitor events any more  http://byderule.spaces.live.co...

read a planet under stress ,plan B --by Lester E Brown.

it is in an Adobe print out as well on the net.

Answer 2

http://www.endangeredspecie.com/

http://www.fws.gov/Endangered/

http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_...

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/endangsp....

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/kids/

http://www.field-guides.com/sci/endanger...

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/esa.html

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_d...

Answer 3

Olive ridleys are the most endangered species now...the main  reason is the poachers... they think that there is some medicial value for the meat of the olive ridley tortoises.and they kill them.. next reason for their decrement is... they get attracted towards the street lights instaed of the sea shore and get crushed in the roads by the vehicles. moreover they face threat from sharks etc... and they get destroyed...



   the best way to stop the decreament is strong laws should be passed against the the poaching of Olive Ridleys...

    hope my info would be useful for ur project... all the best...

Answer 4

i'll tell u wat u gotta do is refer 2 an ENCYCLOPEDIA....

& d BEST one is ONLINE for FREE!!

its www.wikipedia .com........ur gonna get evrythin u want..pics,info & all !!........dont miss dis one!

Answer 5

asiatic lions,bottlenosedwhales,vultures,african fossa..............

and ofcourse many.you can get information from latest encylopedia and google.

Answer 6

use the web.

Answer 7

Check out the IUCN  website.  You'll get a ton of good information.  I recommend you spend some time delving into the causes for this latest round of extinctions -- sometimes called the "6th mass extinction" -- and maybe read Terry Glavins "The 6th Mass Extinction: Journeys of the Lost and Left Behind."  Lots of food for thought there.

A few other useful sites attached.  Good luck with your report.

Answer 8

An endangered species is a population of an organism which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in number, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters. An endangered species is usually a taxonomic species, but may be another evolutionary significant unit such as a subspecies. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) has calculated the percentage of endangered species as 40 percent of all organisms based on the sample of species that have been evaluated through 2006.(Note: the IUCN groups all threatened species for their summary purposes.) Many nations have laws offering protection to these species: for example, forbidding hunting, restricting land development or creating preserves. Only a few of the many species at risk of extinction actually make it to the lists and obtain legal protection. Many more species become extinct, or potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice. The high rate at which species have become extinct within the last 150 years is a cause of concern. While species have evolved and become extinct on a regular basis for the last several hundred million years, recent rates of extinction are many times higher than the typical historical values. Significantly, the rate of species extinctions at present is estimated at 100 to 1000 times "background" or average extinction rates in the evolutionary time scale of planet Earth; moreover, this current rate of extinction is thus 10 to 100 times greater than any of the prior mass extinction events in the history of the Earth. If this rate of extinction continues or accelerates, the number of species becoming extinct in the next decade could number in the millions. While most people readily relate to endangerment of large mammals or birdlife, some of the greatest ecological issues are the threats to stability of whole ecosystems if key species vanish at any level of the food chain.

Four reasons for concern about extinction are:

1.loss of a species as a biological entity;

2.destabilization of an ecosystem;

3.endangerment of other species;

4.loss of irreplaceable genetic material and associated biochemicals

The loss of a species in and of itself is an important factor, both as diminution of the enjoyment of nature, and as a moral issue for those who believe humans are stewards of the natural environment (as well as some who believe that animal species have rights). Destabilization is a well understood outcome, when an element of food or predation is removed from an ecosystem. When one species goes extinct, population increases or declines often result in secondary species. An unstable spiral can ensue, until other species are lost and the ecosystem structure is changed markedly and irreversibly.

Answer 9

For photographs, graphs and other charts go to yahoo home page.

directly above search are words:

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click on image and enter search term endangered

species

Result is 120,017 photos, charts, and graphs

Answer 10

check out www.biodiv.org

Answer 11

Check out the World Wildlife Federation website