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- Deforestation and Forest Degradation | Threats | WWF
When species lose their forest homes, they are often unable to survive in the fragments of forested land left behind They become more accessible to hunters and poachers, their numbers dwindle, and some eventually go extinct Even localized deforestation can result in extinctions as many unique species exist in small, isolated locations
- ACBK - Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of . . .
Rhinoceros horns, like saiga horns, are one of the most valuable objects of poaching and illegal trade globally For rhino, this resulted in all but three individuals poached in Tanzania by 1995 For saigas, poaching for their meat and horns in Kazakhstan resulted in the fastest decline of a mammal species in history; a 97% reduction in 20 years
- Animal Info - Javan Rhinoceros
There are two major reasons for the Javan rhino's decline The first one is poaching of the rhino for its horn Rhino horn is valued highly for use in Oriental medicine (as a drug to reduce fever (It is a myth that rhino horn is widely used as an aphrodisiac (Burnie Wilson 2001))), and in Yemen horns are carved to make traditional dagger
- Brontotheriidae - Wikipedia
Brontotheriidae is a family of extinct mammals belonging to the order Perissodactyla, the order that includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs Superficially, they looked rather like rhinos with some developing bony nose horns, and were some of the earliest mammals to have evolved large body sizes of several tonnes
- Visualizing corruption risks in the illegal rhino horn trade . . .
The rhino horn trade represents one of the four largest illegal wildlife trade flows (UNODC 2020) by value Although the drivers and uses of rhino horn differ across user groups and market destinations (e g , medicinal use or status-conferring prestige products), the overall high demand and the high
- IUCN Red List: more than one in three tree species worldwide . . .
Trees now account for over one quarter of species on the IUCN Red List, and the number of threatened trees is more than double the number of all threatened birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians combined Tree species are at risk of extinction in 192 countries around the world
- First-of-its-kind estimate of the total number of tree species
ABSTRACT The number of tree species on Earth One of the most fundamental questions in ecology is how many species inhabit the Earth However, due to massive logistical and financial challenges and taxonomic difficulties connected to the species concept definition, the global numbers of species, including those of important and well-studied life forms such as trees, still remain largely unknown
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