Study: Global warming threatens iconic snow leopard

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Global warming threatens iconic snow leopard: study - Melting ice  inside   a  warming world threatens  for you to   excess  shrink  your current  habitat  of any  snow leopard, adding  to be able to  illegal hunting woes  which might be  pushing  your current  iconic big cat  for you to  extinction, said  the  study  released  Friday.

As few  Equally  4,000  of an  mysterious animals  can be  left  within   their   one  habitat  with the  high mountains  connected with  central Asia,  ones  Swiss-based World Wildlife Fund said  throughout   its  report.

Unless climate change  is actually  checked,  a lot more than   a  third  of a  habitat  incase  vanish,  in  warmer temperatures pushing  ones  tree line higher  ALONG WITH  farmers  transporting   further  up  your current  mountains  to help  plant crops  AND  graze livestock,  The item  added.

"Urgent action  is actually   necessary to  curb climate change  AND  prevent  excess  degradation  involving  snow leopard habitat, otherwise  your current  'ghost  of any  mountains'  in case  vanish," said Rishi Kumar Sharma, head  of an  fund's global snow leopard conservation initiative.

Sami Tornikoski, head  of the  separate project  by the  fund  to be able to  protect  your own  natural diversity  of a  Himalayas,  of which   provides   some   of your  world's highest snowbound peaks, stressed climate change  was   single   individual   of the  problems.

Worsening habitat loss  AND ALSO  degradation, poaching  IN ADDITION TO  conflict  inside  communities saw  the  fifth  of the  snow leopard population vanish  for the  past 16 years,  your current  fund said.

Unchecked, climate change  will  exacerbate  these kind of  threats  AND ALSO   in case  push  ones  species  over the  edge, according  towards the  study.

"Snow leopards won't survive  pertaining to   very long  unless  my spouse and i  tackle climate change alongside  different  threats  such as  poaching, retaliatory killings  through  herders, declining prey species  AND ALSO  poorly planned development," Tornikoski added.

"India, Nepal  ALONG WITH  Bhutan have  established   It   It\'s  possible  in order to  increase  ones   variety   of  iconic species  similar to  tigers  AND  rhinos. Together governments, conservationists  AND ALSO  communities  will probably  achieve similar successes  inside  snow leopards  IN ADDITION TO  drag them back  because of the  brink."

WWF said  your  receding ice threatened not  only   your own  snow leopards but  in addition   over  330  mil   people  living near rivers flowing  along   by  snow leopard territory.

Conservation group said  This  would  move forward   to be able to  fund  vital  snow leopard research,  just like   the   EMPLOY   associated with  camera traps  AND  collars tracked  via  satellite  to be able to   know   additional   About the  mysterious big cat.

Just 14 percent  of your  animal's habitat  has become  covered  from  research  as well as  conservation activities, according  for the  study.

But  In the same way   part   of a  new strategy,  your  fund  will   also  focus  from  mitigating  the  threat  through  climate change, protecting people's livelihood, reducing conflict between  your own  big cat  AND ALSO  communities,  AND ALSO  tackling poaching  AS WELL AS  trafficking,  This  added.