revive from bloody list
DESCRIPTION
I am working at KWS (Kenya Wildlife Service) in Malindi, as a volunteer of JICA. My job is teacher of environment. This presentation is about how people tried to save endangered species are stated. A kind of sea bird, albatross faced to endangered due to over hunting. But people started to help this bird with unique technique...TRANSCRIPT
Revive from bloody list~the way to revive~
Takatoshi AKAI
JOCV/JICA
KWS Malindi Marine Park
Outline• Why species faced to endangered?
• Case Study: albatross
• Research about albatross
• The way to revive albatross
• The result
Reasons of species faced to endangered
• More than half species on the earth are living in Rain Forest
• But…• ①Habitat loss• ② Climate change• ③ Introduced species• ④ Exceed hunting/poaching• ( For food, ornament, commerce, etc…)• ⑤ Too much nutrient in the water ( water
pollution )
For Fur→
←For medicine
For pets→
←For food
Case Study: albatrossIn 1887, Japanese hunt them for
far, because easy to catch in “Father Island”.
6 million of them are hunted.1974, the number of albatross was only 69 left.
Over hunting in 1900 Use for quilt
Research about albatross
• In 1976, researchers found ratio of breeding is quite low
because,
The way to revive albatross
• In 1991 to 2006, Japan started to rescue albatross.
• Government put 92 decoy and speaker beside nest in other island to spread habitat.
Plants hold eggs and stop fall down slope and break
Planted Miscanthus condensatus
The result
• In 1997, 90 babies left a nest in island.• In 1998, 128 babies left a nest in island.
Now, in 2012, 353 babies left a nest in island.
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1997 1998 2012
Babies
In conclusion
• Many species faced to endangered,
most of them are due to human activities.
• This case study of albatross is succeeded example, but help to revive endangered species is usually very difficult.
• Therefore, we (human being) should take care and find out way to help those species.