On the verge of Life

On the verge of Life

Alejandro Casamajor Torrens

Data Analytics Bootcamp

Is the extinction of animal species a real issue?

Are we humans guilty of it?

Initial Wonders

IUCN Red List

--> 12% of all species on Earth are threatened with extinction

--> Mammals and Amphibians: more than 20%

Putting in context

Geographic location, climate conditions --> More important than size

Where?

2016 --> mentality change?

5% threatened mammal species --> IMPROVED lately

Getting Worse

Human population increase --> demographic expansion --> habitat destruction

Can we blame ourselves?

Correlation coefficient = 0.976

Larger number doesn't mean less threatened --> many factors involved

Creating awareness

Higher ones --> threatened too!

Get my point!

Population

Conclusions

Is the extinction of animal species a real issue?

Are we humans guilty of it?

YES

FUTURE PROJECT

• what is and how do we measure our impact on their lives?
• how are we destructing their habitat?
• how will their extinction affect us? --> future outcomes

DEFFINETELY YES

Special Mention

Pangolin

Rhino

Elephant

Most trafficked animal on Earth --> 100,000 poached every year

36,500 poached every year --> 9% of their population

1000 poached every year --> 4% of their population

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind"

Mahatma Ghandi