Conserving wildlife

Protecting wild animals
Defending wildlife
Safeguarding wild fauna
Saving wildlife
Preserving wildlife

Description

Conserving wildlife involves implementing targeted actions to protect animal and plant species and their habitats from threats such as habitat destruction, poaching, pollution, and climate change. Essential strategies include establishing protected areas, enforcing anti-poaching laws, restoring degraded ecosystems, and promoting sustainable land use. These measures aim to maintain biodiversity, ensure ecosystem stability, and prevent species extinction, directly addressing the loss of wildlife populations and the degradation of natural environments.

Implementation

The Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats, known as the Bern Convention, aims to conserve wild flora and fauna and their natural habitats, especially those species and habitats whose conservation requires the co-operation of several States, and to promote such co-operation. Particular emphasis is given to endangered and vulnerable species, including endangered and vulnerable migratory species. The Bern Convention Secretariat is located within the Council of Europe.

Claim

Wildlife has a rightful economic as well as biological and cultural value. The more that economic value can be harnessed to aid local communities, the greater the likelihood that conservation will be successful.