

16 animals in danger of extinction in Colombia .13 animals in danger of extinction in Bolivia .17 animals in danger of extinction in Ecuador .

10 animals in danger of extinction in Venezuela .In these other AgroCorrn articles we offer you to learn more about this type of bear and its current state, as well as about other animals that are at risk in these countries that are the habitat of this ursid: in some of those confrontations with people.įaced with this alarming situation, various organizations and institutions focused on the conservation and protection of the biodiversity of South America, have developed projects and measures to prevent the extinction of the spectacled bear. We will see some of these measures later. Due to climate change , spectacled bears suffer from the loss of quantity and quality of their food in the forests, so they choose to look for food in areas close to the communities of human beings that live in the area, resulting in injuries or even deaths.The destruction of the tropical forests in which it inhabits due to the increasingly devastating urban and agricultural growth, where different public works projects, such as the construction of bridges, roads, monoculture areas for cocoa or dedicated to livestock, lead to the drastic reduction in the population level of spectacled bears. Despite the protected areas that keep the spectacled bear in good survival conditions, many scientists say that since the total population of this species is already so small, it is very likely that they will disappear completely and become extinct.The loss of its natural habitat in the Andean region of South America (specifically in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela and Ecuador), mainly due to both the fragmentation and deforestation of the forests in which it lives.
