While efforts to understand the impact climate change will have on the dragons continue, breeding programmes in both the national park and zoos around the world work to maintain the species. On the ground, groups such as the Komodo Survival Program work to find solutions so that humans and dragons can coexist, while the Indonesian government has moved to restrict tourism to Komodo.
With the dragons now listed as Endangered, the race is on for further actions to change the species's fate. In the run up to the global UN conferences of COP15 on biodiversity and COP26 on climate change, join us as we debate why and how our relationship with the natural world needs to change. Studying an Indian Ocean paradise is helping to reveal which animals living on low-lying islands are at risk from rising temperatures.
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Read later. You don't have any saved articles. By James Ashworth. Life on the edge The Komodo dragon is a carnivorous reptile found only on the islands of southern Indonesia. Beyond the sea While rising sea levels are of particular concern to conservationists, a variety of other factors threaten the Komodo dragon, too. Endangered species Climate change.
What if the effects of global warming can be reduced drastically? These questions still need to be further investigated. We know komodo dragons actively move on hills. This species is also an excellent swimmer; they can even swim between islands. The komodo dragons are also capable of diving up to 4. Currently, there are 3, komodo dragons, of which 1, are adults. This status is one category away from Extinct in the Wild.
The discussions revealed that the IUCN only received limited data on the Javan gibbon population: around 2, Last week, a report from the organization revealed the plight of the Komodo dragon.
Komodo dragons, which can grow up to 10 feet long, have venomous saliva and can easily take down a water buffalo. They are a protected species and rarely come in contact with people, with only a few documented attacks on humans.
As for some of the creatures living on the unprotected nearby island of Flores, human activity has resulted in significant habitat loss, as well as hunting for the same food resources.
The expected decline in the Komodo dragon population in the coming decades comes as the conservation union estimated that about 1, adults and 2, juveniles remain. White-nosed Bush Frog. Bush Wren. Grand Cayman Thrush. Conservation Status Vulnerable. Lake Urmia Newt or Azerbaijan Newt. Greater Prairie Chicken.
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