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IMPACTED SPECIES
AMUR LEOPARD ▼ There are still large
tracts of suitable habitat left across the
Amur in Russia and China. In China the
prey base is insufficient to sustain large
populations of leopards and tigers. Prey
populations will recover if measures
are taken to limit the poaching of prey
species and the forests are managed for
logging more sustainably. For the Amur
leopard to survive for the long term, it
needs to repopulate its former range.
But for that to happen, prey populations
need to recover first. ► ASIAN
ELEPHANT ▼ The illegal capture of
wild elephants and elephant calves
for various purposes, such as tourism,
has become a threat to some wild
populations, significantly affecting
population numbers. India, Vietnam,
and Myanmar have banned capture in
order to conserve their wild herds, but
illegal captures still occur in a number
of countries where elephants live. ►
Bonobo ▼ Civil unrest in the region
around the bonobo’s home territory has
led to many bonobo deaths, as gangs
of poachers have been free to invade
Salonga National Park, one of few protected
areas for bonobos. In addition,
unrest has made modern weaponry and
ammunition more available, enabling
hunting, and the military has at times
sanctioned the hunting and killing
of bonobos. ► Giant Panda ▼ China’s
Yangtze Basin region holds the panda’s
primary habitat. Infrastructure development (such as dams, roads, and railways) is increasingly fragmenting
and isolating panda populations, preventing pandas from finding new bamboo forests and potential mates.