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ENDANGERED

Thereafter, the speakers gave some
examples of endangered plant species,
like the extinct Nymphaea Thermarum

and the critically endangered Lavender
SPECIES plant. In Malaysia, Fairy Lanterns are
known to be critically endangered due to
always being stomped on and destroyed

by wild boars.

Moving on, Speaker Wei De talked about
the consequences of wildlife extinction

and endangerment. He explained that
the endangerment of a single species
can cause a chain reaction and lead to an
imbalance in the ecosystem. If a species

Our Endangered Earth - A Webinar
Our Endangered Earth - A Webinar goes extinct, they lose their place in the
food chain, thus bringing imbalance to
on Wildlife Conservation
on Wildlife Conservation local ecosystems. This may damage the
in the wild. On the bright side, the population of other wildlife species and
To conserve our planet is to conserve our fires, agricultural activities, pollution, speakers shared some good news affect humans as well.

kind. On the 9th of June 2022, the Kuen global warming, infestations etc. regarding the South China Tiger,
Cheng High School Environmental informing participants that two new Next up were some ways shared to protect
Society organised a webinar about Following up, the speakers enlightened cubs were born on the first day of the and conserve wildlife. The methods

wildlife conservation in order to raise the participants on the nine categories year. Another critically endangered were split into 3 sectors, namely at a
greater awareness about endangered of conservation status. According to species is the Vaquita, a species of national level, an international level and
wildlife. The webinar lasted for about the IUCN (International Union for porpoise that is hunted for medical a personal level. Levin gave an overview
an hour, starting from 12:00p.m. to Conservation of Nature) Red List purposes. Apart from that, dugongs are of the conservatories built in Malaysia.
1:00p.m. of Threatened Species, the levels of also endangered marine creatures. These conservatories are meant to protect

endangerment are divided as follows:
plants and animals, while also acting as
The webinar started off with a brief not evaluated, data deficient, least The speakers then spoke about snow a natural museum, which attracts more
introduction by the two speakers – concern, near threatened, vulnerable, leopards, even bringing up a short tourists and spreads awareness to the

Woon Wei De and Kuek Levin. They endangered, critically endangered, story about how a snow leopard cub public. One example as such would be
first asked the participants if they knew extinct in the wild and extinct. was trying to surprise its mother in a Reef Check Malaysia, an organisation
what it meant for a plant or animal to Japanese zoo. Cute pictures of the snow that aims to protect coral reefs around
be endangered. Wei De then explained Wei De proceeded to bring up various leopards were displayed as Speaker the country. The organisation often
that an endangered species is a species examples of extinct and endangered Levin explained how these adorable checks local coral reefs for any damages

that is on the brink of extinction, which animals. Such include the already- creatures are hunted for their skin, or threats and formulates plans to prevent
may be caused by human activity, such extinct Japanese otter, and the South widely known as vulnerable species. the corals from bleaching or dying.
as illegal logging, illegal hunting, forest China Tiger which is currently extinct

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