31 看世界 - 物種大滅絕
印度住了約27,000隻亞洲象，擁有全世界最大型的亞洲象群落。雖然印度能每日為每隻亞洲象提供450公斤食物，但牠們的存活卻面臨威脅。亞洲象對高溫敏感，炎熱天氣可引發牠們出現代謝症候群、氧化壓力、免疫抑制反應，甚至死亡，而影響繁殖率。目前印度境內有約42%的亞洲象棲息地，因為人為壓力和氣候變化夾擊而消失。
印度環境、森林及氣候變化部門和一眾動物專家，正努力創建環保通道，協助大象暢通無阻地搬家。我們一於隨著專家和本地居民，去看看這些亞洲象能否在氣候變化威脅之下倖存下來。
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?
