Preservation and Conservation for Balance Nature

Animal extinction

Disappearance of animals from the Earth

Examples of extinct animals

T-Rex resembled giant lizards, dodo bird, mammoth

Animals & plants threatened with extinction

Animals & plants are decreasing in number & can become extinct

Examples of animals threatened with extinction

Rhinoceros, dugongs, turtles, tapir & panda

Examples of plants threatened with extinction

Pitcher plant, kacip fatimah, chengal, meranti & mangrove trees

Factors that cause animals & plants threatened with extinction

Illegal logging, hunting, deforestation & pollution

Illegal logging

Unplanned deforestation for logging cause the destruction of wildlife habitats

Hunting

Animals are hunted illegally (meat, skin, ivory & horn) used for clothing, food & jewellery

Deforestation

Unplanned deforestation for logging, development & construction of roads

Pollution

Oil spill, rubbish & toxic wastes dumped into the environment threaten the animals & plants