Illustrations animalières
Petit bestiaire d’espèces menacées
- Dessin à l’encre de Chine
- Peinture au café et aux encres végétales (coquelicot, bouton d’or, ipomée)
L’ours polaire
Statut
Vulnérable (UICN)
Classé à l’Annexe II de la CITES
Victime du réchauffement climatique
Le changement climatique constitue la principale menace pesant sur l’ours polaire. Si la fonte des glaces se poursuit au rythme actuel, la surface de son habitat estival se sera contractée de plus de 40% d’ici le milieu du 21ème siècle, faisant diminuer sa population de plus de deux tiers.
World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF)
Le zèbre de Grévy
Statut
En danger (UICN)
Classé à l’Annexe I de la CITES
Menacé par la concurrence du bétail
Habitat loss in an already restricted range is a serious threat to the Grevy’s survival. They have to compete for resources with other grazers, as well as cattle and livestock. Due to overgrazing and competition for water, Grevy’s juveniles have a low survival rate. Over the past three generations (30 years) there was a population reduction of 54 percent from an estimated population of 5,800 in the 1980s. The population of Grevy’s today is about 2,800.
African Wildlife Foundation (AWF)
Le lamentin
Statut
Vulnérable (UICN)
Classé à l’Annexe I de la CITES
Victime de la chasse
Manatees are large, slow-moving animals that frequent coastal waters and rivers. These attributes make them vulnerable to hunters seeking their hides, oil, and bones. Manatee numbers declined throughout the last century, mostly because of hunting pressure. Today, manatees are at-risk. Though protected by laws, they still face threats. The gentle beasts are often accidentally hit by motorboats in ever more crowded waters, and sometimes become entangled in fishing nets.
National Geographic
