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ENDANGERED

ANIMALS.
UNIT 4
What are endangered
species?
01
The importance of
protecting endangered
species.
PROTECTING ENDANGERED
ANIMALS

ESSENTIAL
ECOSYSTEM
SERVICES:
● Pollination.
● Seed dispersal.
● Regulating the population of
other organisms in the food chain.
Habitat loss and fragmentation

Efforts to protect
● Deforestation. animals:
● Urbanisation.
● Land conversion Habitat restoration and
for agriculture the preservation of
natural habitats.
Hunting and poaching
Demand for animal
01 products such as ivory, fur,
and meat.

02 APEX PREDATORS

Demand for illegal animal


03 products.
Public awareness
campaigns.
Environmental instability.
01 Vulnerable habitats such
as polar regions.

02 Rising sea levels caused by


melting glaciers and ice
caps.

Reducing carbon emissions


THANKS!

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