31 看世界 - 物种大灭绝
印度住了约27,000只亚洲象，拥有全世界最大型的亚洲象群落。虽然印度能每日为每只亚洲象提供450公斤食物，但它们的存活却面临威胁。亚洲象对高温敏感，炎热天气可引发它们出现代谢症候群、氧化压力、免疫抑制反应，甚至死亡，而影响繁殖率。目前印度境内有约42%的亚洲象栖息地，因为人为压力和气候变化夹击而消失。
印度环境、森林及气候变化部门和一众动物专家，正努力创建环保通道，协助大象畅通无阻地搬家。我们一于随着专家和本地居民，去看看这些亚洲象能否在气候变化威胁之下幸存下来。
India is home to approximately 27,000 Asian Elephants, which is the world’s largest population of the species. The country may be the species’ main stronghold, helping each elephant consume 450 kg of food every day. But its survival is now under threat.
Their sensitivity to heat leads to metabolic disorders, oxidative stress, immune suppression, and death, impacting their reproduction rates. Some 42% of the present available habitat in the country will be lost due to the combined effects of human pressure and climate change.
The elephants are likely to shift towards higher elevations in the Himalayas. We follow animals’ activists along with the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change in India who are battling to create a green corridor to help them to travel and shift habitats without issue and give legal protection to the movement of elephants.
Can the Asian elephant survive these modern threats to its existence?
