(1) (1) DefinitionsDefinitions

(2) Causes(2) Causes

(3) Citizens’ attitude and(3) Citizens’ attitude and responsibilitiesresponsibilities(4) Governments’ control (4) Governments’ control measuresmeasures

Endangered SpeciesEndangered Species(( 瀕臨絕種動物瀕臨絕種動物 ))

                  

(5) Examples of endangered species(5) Examples of endangered species

(6) Why are we concerned about species (6) Why are we concerned about species extinction?extinction?

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(1) (1) DefinitionsDefinitions

Endangered speciesEndangered species is the specie is the species that s that is going to be extinctis going to be extinct. Since . Since extinction is irreversible, which mextinction is irreversible, which means, species that go extinct are eans, species that go extinct are llost forever. ost forever.

                  

 

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(2) Causes(2) Causes

‧‧Introduction of foreign speciesIntroduction of foreign species

─ ─ When humans bring an When humans bring an alien speciesalien species into an into an ecosystem,that species may ecosystem,that species may take over take over nichesniches that other species had occupied. that other species had occupied.

─ ─ They also might change the ecosystem They also might change the ecosystem enough to indirectly enough to indirectly force out native speciesforce out native species or or bring with them diseasesbring with them diseases to which the to which the natives have no immunity. natives have no immunity.

ExampleExample ：： the Sweet pittosporumthe Sweet pittosporum

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‧‧Over-consumption and Over-consumption and International Trade International Trade

─ Species populations can also shrink when local people are forced by habitat destruction to rely on a smaller area for their food needs, or when a certain species becomes popular on the international market.

‧‧Over-consumption andOver-consumption and International Trade International Trade

─ ─ Once a species becomes rare or protected,Once a species becomes rare or protected, the the profitprofit in smuggling can increase in smuggling can increase

─ ─ People People trap or kill animalstrap or kill animals and and ship themship them t to o other countries,where they are taken as other countries,where they are taken as petpetss or or used to make other productsused to make other products

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‧‧Habitat DestructionHabitat Destruction

─ ─ As the ecosystem shrinks, more and morAs the ecosystem shrinks, more and more species e species lose the resourceslose the resources that they that they need need to surviveto survive. .

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(3) Citizens’ Attitude and(3) Citizens’ Attitude and Responsibilities Responsibilities

─ ─ Stop the destructionStop the destruction of the animals habitats of the animals habitats

─ ─ Try to Try to repairrepair as much as possible the damage as much as possible the damage already done.already done.

─ ─ Don'tDon't buy products made from endangered buy products made from endangered species of plants or animals species of plants or animals

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(4) Governments’(4) Governments’ Control Measures Control Measures

─ ─ EducateEducate people on the importance of people on the importance of individual speciesindividual species and and biodiversitybiodiversity. .

─ ─ LegislationLegislation for controlling the for controlling the importimport,,exportexport and and possessionpossession of endangered species. of endangered species.

※ ※Animals and Plants(Protection of Animals and Plants(Protection of Endangered Species)Ordinance.※Endangered Species)Ordinance.※

　　 (a) Owls (a) Owls 貓頭貓頭鷹鷹

• Reason:Reason: Threats to owls include Threats to owls include hunting for petshunting for pets,,deforestationdeforestation and and pollutionpollution.The population of .The population of owls is decreasing gradually.owls is decreasing gradually.

(5) Endangered Species(5) Endangered Species

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(b) Chinese white dolphi(b) Chinese white dolphinn

中華白海豚中華白海豚Counts have detected Counts have detected only about only about 8585 animalsanimals, down from a pre-project , down from a pre-project population of about 400population of about 400

The dolphins have suffered from the The dolphins have suffered from the loss of their feeding grounds, loss of their feeding grounds, increased increased pollutionpollution from reclamation from reclamation and dredging, excessive and dredging, excessive boat trafficboat traffic, , and blasting operations. .and blasting operations. .

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(c) Clouded(c) Clouded Leopard Leopard 雲豹雲豹

• Clouded leopards have Clouded leopards have lived up to lived up to 1717 years years, and in the wild , and in the wild average average 1111 years years. .

• Less than Less than 20%20% of captive Clouded of captive Clouded Leopards have been successful at Leopards have been successful at reproducing because the males reproducing because the males tend to kill their females during tend to kill their females during mating. mating.

• Europe. While striving to achieve Europe. While striving to achieve a target a target population of population of 120120 spaces spaces..

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‧‧ReasonReason ：：

Clouded Leopards are Clouded Leopards are hunted for their hunted for their pelts for fur tradepelts for fur trade.Together with .Together with habitat losshabitat loss resulted from resulted from over-over-exploitationexploitation of forests and of forests and pollution,their population becomes pollution,their population becomes very small.very small.

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(d) Pitcher Plants(nepenthes Species)(d) Pitcher Plants(nepenthes Species) 豬籠草豬籠草

Loss of their natural habitat caused by Loss of their natural habitat caused by conversion of grasslandconversion of grassland into agricultural into agricultural use and use and over raising of livestockover raising of livestock,plus ,plus excessive collectionexcessive collection of pitcher plants for of pitcher plants for trade resulted in the drastic decline of trade resulted in the drastic decline of their wild population to endangered their wild population to endangered level.level.

(6) Why are we concerned (6) Why are we concerned about species extinction?about species extinction?

(1)(1) Humans,like all the other mammals Humans,like all the other mammals depend on a diverse ecosystem fordepend on a diverse ecosystem for survivalsurvival

(2) The loss is (2) The loss is irreversibleirreversible and will and will deprive the opportunity of deprive the opportunity of developmentdevelopment of our future of our future generations.generations.

(3) The relations between organisms on(3) The relations between organisms on the earth are very the earth are very complexcomplex and are and are inter-dependentinter-dependent in order to sustain in order to sustain further generations.Whenever a further generations.Whenever a species species declinesdeclines suddenlysuddenly, other, other species,including mankind,will be species,including mankind,will be affectedaffected..

(7) The association (7) The association involved in the endanger involved in the endanger species international trade species international trade treatytreaty

(1)(1)Convention on International Trade in EnConvention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flordangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora a

(2) World Conservation(2) World Conservation Monitoring Centre Monitoring Centre

(3) (3) Traffic InternationalTraffic International

http://www.trafficindo.org/http://www.trafficindo.org/

http://www.unep-wcmc.org/http://www.unep-wcmc.org/

(4) World Wide Fund (4) World Wide Fund For Nature For Nature

(5) Green power(5) Green power

http://www.wwf.org/http://www.wwf.org/

http://www.greenpower.org.hk/http://www.greenpower.org.hk/

(6) Friend of the (6) Friend of the EarthEarthhttp://www.foe.org/http://www.foe.org/

• (7) Society for the prevention of cruelty t(7) Society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA)o animals (SPCA)

• http://www.spca.org.hk/http://www.spca.org.hk/

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