CASE STUDY

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ENDANGERED
02 SPECIES THAT
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RECOVERED
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GIANT PANDA

Ailuropoda melanoleuca
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 CHARACTERISTICS
found in the mountains of central China in dense
bamboo and coniferous forests at altitudes of
5,000 to 10,000 feet
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Adult pandas are about 150 cm from nose to rump,
02 with a 10-15cm tail. And they can grow up to 90cm
tall at the shoulder
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An adult panda can weigh up to 150kg, with males
10% larger and 20% heavier than females
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Giant pandas have a distinctive black and white
coat, with black fur around their eyes and on their
ears, muzzle, legs and shoulders. Their thick, wooly
coat helps to keep them warm in their cool
mountain homes.
 THE ISSUE

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Threats to the Giant Pandas:
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● excessive poaching in the 80s
03 ● A fickle species, bamboo can grow extensively in mountainous or
barren lands, but then dies in the winter
04 ● Farmland expansion causes fragmentation of panda habitats
 CONSERVATION

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According to the last census in 2014, giant pandas populations
02 have undergone a 17% increase since 2003, a huge conservation
achievement for the species. Furthermore, the giant panda’s
occupied habitat has increased by 11.8%, and useable habitat has
03 increased by 6.3% due to reforestation and protective measures

04 China has long extended gifts and loans of giant pandas to zoos
across the globe as symbols of friendship
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02 Giant panda
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one of the most beloved creatures in existence, the giant panda
celebrated a small victory in September of 2016. The cuddly
04 mammal was officially moved from the IUCN’s Red List of
“endangered species” to “vulnerable species”
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CRITICALLY
02 ENDANGERED
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SPECIES
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NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE

Eubalaena glacialis
 NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALE

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 CHARACTERISTICS
They are baleen whales. Use teeth to filter the food

01 North Atlantic right whales can grow between 45 and 55

02 Atlantic coastal waters

Their characteristic feature is callosities, which are raised

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03 CLIMATE
BYCATCH OCEAN NOISE
04 Although they are big,
CHANGE Hard time hearing each
Effect the food
they can accidentally other, effects them in
sources. Difficulties in
get caught in the term of finding mates
finding food
fishing nets. food, and navigate
 MAJOR THREAT

01 VESSEL STRIKE
Their habitat and migration routes are
close to major ports along the Atlantic
02 coastline and often overlap with
shipping lanes, making right whales
03 vulnerable to collisions with vessels.
These collisions can cause broken bones
04 and massive internal injuries or cuts
from propellers. Vessels of nearly any
size can injure or kill a right whale. The
faster a vessel is traveling when it hits a
whale, the higher the likelihood of
serious injury or death.
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North Atlantic
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Right Whale
03 North Atlantic right whales have been listed as endangered under
the Endangered Species Act since 1970. Researchers estimate
04 there are fewer than 400 North Atlantic right whales, with fewer
than 100 breeding females left. The number of new calves born in
recent years has been below average
 CONSERVATION

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● Protecting habitat and designating critical habitat.
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● Rescuing entangled right whales.
● Reducing the threat of vessel collisions.
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● Reducing injury and mortality by fishing gear.
04 ● Minimizing the effects of vessel disturbance and noise
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EXTINCT
03 SPECIES
04 BAIJI WHITE DOLPHIN

Lipotes vexillifer
 LOCATION WEIGHT AND
01 Can be found in China’s HEIGHT
Yangtze and 141 to 253 cm
02 Quingtangjiang rivers 42 to 167 kg

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04 PHYSICAL
DIET
DESCRIPTION Baijis ate a wide variety of
Streamlined body, long
and upturned snouts. freshwater fish, including both
hairless surface and bottom feeders
 “Less than 50 years for humans to wipe them out”

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The mighty Yangtze River in China was the Baiji’s home for 20
02 million years. It took less than 50 years for humans to wipe them
out.Baiji numbers crashed dramatically and then they
03 disappeared entirely from the river. They were pronounced
extinct in 2007 following the failure of a dedicated 6-week
04 expedition in 2006 to find a single one. There have been no
confirmed baiji sightings since before 2006.
 THREATS TO OTHER DOLPHIN

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● Hunting - in some countries river dolphins are hunted and their
02 meat used as bait by fishermen
● Pollution – toxic chemicals from plastics, litter and oil spills
03 build up in river dolphins, seriously harming their health and
their ability to have young.
04 ● Fishing gear – river dolphins get accidentally caught in fishing
nets and lines, injuring or even killing them.
● Habitat loss - As human activities increase along rivers, there
are fewer clean and safe places for river dolphins to live
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CARIBBEAN
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CORAL REEFS
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● Nearly two-thirds of coral reefs in the
02 Caribbean are threatened by human
activities
● An estimated one-third of Caribbean coral
03 reefs are threatened by coastal development
● Sediment and pollution from inland sources
04 threaten about one-third of Caribbean coral
reefs
● Overfishing threatens over 60 percent of
Caribbean coral reefs
CONSERVATION
PROTECTION Address the root causes of coral reef degradation by informing policy changes,
guiding the protection of extensive marine areas and helping to ensure these areas are
effectively designed and managed

RESTORATION Develop, validate and disseminate novel techniques to restore reef health at a
meaningful scale, while fostering the natural genetic diversity in corals that offers resilience
and adaptive capabilities to environmental threats

MONITORING Apply cutting-edge technologies to identify the location and status of coral
reefs, quantify the impact of targeted actions and provide this information to governments
and other stakeholders to support large-scale conservation

COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT Engage deeply with communities to ensure equitable access

Deploying cutting-edge technology

By using state-of-the-art remote sensing tools, including satellites, hyperspectral sensors and
laser scanners, the condition of coral reefs can now be assessed with more than 90%
accuracy

Establishing hubs

Coral Innovation Hubs in The Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and the U.S. Virgin Islands,
 RESOURCES
● https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/giant
_panda/panda/size/
01 ● https://www.fws.gov/international/animals/giant-pandas.html
● https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/spring-2017/articles/wild-pa
02 ndas-get-a-boost--2
● https://onekindplanet.org/top-10/top-10-worlds-most-endangered-animals/
03 ● https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2018/07/30/10-facts-didnt-know-north-
atlantic-right-whales/
● https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/north-atlantic-right-whale
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● https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/north-atlantic-right-whale
● https://uk.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/baiji/
● https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lipotes_vexillifer/
● https://www.wri.org/publication/reefs-risk-caribbean