Species survival, protected area link found
Large terrestrial mammals are the most threatened taxa, and hence face a greater possibility of becoming extinct the world over — about 25 per cent of them are facing extinction, and 50 per cent are seeing their numbers declining. The paper concludes: “Overall, large-bodied, rare and habitat specialist mammals tend to have higher extinction probabilities.” Main message The main message is about the real importance of protected areas in conserving and protecting wildlife. “There has been a drift from recognising the importance of protected areas for some of the species.” The survival of 18 species showed a strong link to the presence of protected areas. Stressing his point further, he said: “There is a need to expand the protected areas.” Dr. Karanth is a senior conservation scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, and the Director of the Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore. But some animals like blackbuck and chinkara do not show strong dependency on forest cover.” In general, they also found that living in higher elevation facilitated lower extinction probabilities.
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