Climate change migrants

Hi readers! Today, we'll be teaching you about climate change migrants, connecting to out ongoing unit of inquiry, about migration.

Climate change migration: Climate change migration occurs when people leave their homes due to extreme weather events, including floods, heat waves, droughts, and wildfires and many more. This form of migration is increasing because the humans have not been able to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the global average temperature rise, which leads to more climate disasters. 

Facts on climate change migrants:

1)  Climate change is imposing intolerable extremes on many parts of the world, threatening the livelihoods of tens of millions of people.

2)  Many advocates say that climate change migrants lack many important protections afforded to other groups, such as refugees. Governments are responsible for any internal climate migrants, but there are few instances in which governments are obligated to protect those crossing borders. 

3) Latin America, South Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa are among the regions are the regions most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

4) Already, some individual governments and regional groups are moving forward with more concrete measures, such as Argentina’s humanitarian visa and the Asia-Pacific’s framework on climate mobility, which is currently being developed.

Here is an image of few climate change migrants suffering at a displacement camp:

The UNC and the IUNC Red List

 Hi readers! Sorry for not posting last week, but today we are writing about the UNC and the IUNC Red List!

What is the UNC?:

The full form of UNC is The International Union for Conservation of Nature is an international organization working to conserve nature and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, UNC has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it.

What is the IUNC Red List?:

Established in 1964, The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species has evolved to become the most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status os animals, fungi, and plant species.

The animals that are critically endangered on the IUNC Red List. We have to save them before they go into category extinct, or extinct on the wild!:

Critically Endangered Mammals

1. Pygmy Hog 
2. Andaman White-toothed Shrew 
3. Jenkin’s Andaman Spiny Shrew 
4. Nicobar White-tailed Shrew 
5. Kondana Rat 
6. Large Rock Rat or Elvira Rat 
7. Namdapha Flying Squirrel 
8. Malabar Civet 
9. Sumatran Rhinoceros 
10. Javan Rhinoceros 

Critically Endangered Birds

1. Aythya Baeri
2. Forest Owlet
3. Great Indian Bustard
4. Bengal Florican
5. Siberian Crane
6. Spoon-billed Sandpiper
7. Sociable Lapwing
8. Jerdon’s Courser
9. White-backed Vulture
10. Red-headed Vulture
11. White-bellied Heron
12. Slender-billed Vulture
13. Indian Vulture
14. Pink-headed Duck
15. Himalayan Quail

Critically Endangered Reptiles

1. Gharial 
2. Hawksbill Turtle
3. River Terrapin
4.  Bengal Roof Turtle
5. Sispara day gecko 

Critically Endangered Fishes

1. Pondicherry Shark 
2. Ganges Shark 
3. Knife-tooth Sawfish 
4. Large-tooth Sawfish 
5. Narrow-snout Sawfish 

Here is an image of the IUNC Red List logo:

Amur leopards, a critically endangered species

 Hi readers! Today we'll be talking about a critically endangered species, called the Amur leopard!

Facts:

1)The Amur leopard is native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and northern China. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN(Internation Unit for Conservation of Nature) Red List. Only 19–26 wild leopards were estimated to survive in southeastern Russia and northeastern China.

2)The main threat to the Amur leopard's survival is a human activity, the poaching of both the leopard and it's prey.

3)Amur Leopards are extremely athletic. They can run nearly 40 miles per hour. They can jump almost 20 feet horizontally and up to 10 feet vertically. 

4)Amur leopards are the rarest big cats in the world.Listed as critically endangered since 1996, and in 2022, 125 adult Amur leopards were identified on Russia and 46 in China.

5)The hairs of its summer coat are 2.5cm long but in winter they are replaced by 7cm long ones!

6)Females give birth to a litter of 2-3 cubs, that are born blind and weigh just around half a kilogram! As they are so vulnerable, that when they're first born, the mother keeps the cubs hidden for around 6-8 weeks.

Here are some images of Amur leopards: