Habitat Loss Is A Serious Concern For Himalayan Brown Bears

• 02 Nov 2020

• A recent study by scientists of the Zoological Survey of India shows that Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) are in danger due to significant reduction in suitable habitat and biological corridors due to climate change.
• The Himalayan brown bear is one of the largest carnivores in the highlands of Himalayas. It occupies the higher reaches of the Himalayas in remote, mountainous areas of Pakistan and India, in small and isolated populations, and is extremely rare in many of its ranges.
• The study carried out in the Western Himalayas by scientists of ZSI, predicted a massive decline of about 73% of the bear’s habitat by the year 2050.
• The brown bear population is distributed significantly in western Himalaya and their status is ‘Critically Endangered’according to IUCN Red List.