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Free report for May: Our recklessness |
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by Bidhata Pathak | 01-06-2022 03:16
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In the month of May, I had, for a while, dived into a research on threats to Pandas. Some really interesting things I read happen to be: A study in China's northwestern Qinling Mountains, home to around 270 pandas - about a fifth of the world's wild population - predicts a "substantial" bamboo decline this century as the globe warms. Based on the data gathered for this study, researchers predict that three bamboo species which make up almost the entire diet of the Qinling pandas, will all but disappear in a warmer climate. "Results suggest that almost the entire panda habitat in the region may disappear by the end of the 21st century," the study's authors write.(1) Giant pandas could lose half their habitat with even a two degree Fahrenheit increase in global temperatures . So far, global temperatures have already risen by 1.5 F over the past century, and according to the latest UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, temperatures are projected to increase by another 1 to 6 degrees by 2100. (2) Using reliable data and robust modeling techniques, scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Michigan State University have found that most of the current bamboo habitat will soon become unsuitable for survival, with bamboo estimated to entirely die off within 50 to 100 years, depending on the model. Without bamboo, which is 99 percent of the giant panda diet, the animals are likely to starve. (2) This has been around for a long time now. UN stated back in 2004 that the catastrophic loss of wild bamboo threatens pandas, mountain gorillas. An article published in 2004 read, "With such iconic wildlife species as the giant panda, mountain gorilla and lemur facing an even-greater struggle for survival because of the “catastrophic loss” of wild bamboo, the United Nations environmental agency today called for urgent action to halt the “massive forest destruction” threatening this vital habitat." All this time, all we've mostly done is make things worse. Do we realise how we humans are inviting a likely bamboo famine and threatening the biodiversity, crucial animals, and our entire ecosystem? Aren't we accountable for it? Are we not going to do something significant about it even now? |
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3 Comments
Hello Bidhata, this is your mentor Chelwoon.
The species, such as pandas, are much more vulnerable to extinction, due to their diet. Another main reasion that panda populations have declined is habitat destruction. We cannot destroy the habitats of animals because they are not the ones responsible for the environmental issues that we have today. We should recognize that we affect their habitat in some way without us knowing. I hope, even after 100 years, many pandas will be living on earth with us.
Thank you for the article!
Regards,
Chelwoon
Posted 10-06-2022 14:30
Hello mentor Joon,
Human's apathy has been really brutal indeed. We all should take action before it's too late.
Posted 06-06-2022 17:51
Hello Bidhata, this is your mentor Joon.
I cannot understand why countries and citizens do not care much about environmental matters. Is it due to insufficient environmental educations? Or is it just human greediness towards development? We should find the fundamental reason towards human's apathy. If insufficient educations are problem, then adequate education and awareness improving programs should be promoted. If others, then there should be another actions made done in national or world wide scale. We should stop what we are doing right now and care more about environmet.
Well read your article, and let's keep up!
Best,
Joon
Posted 04-06-2022 18:39