Himalayan Brown Bear Faces Threat From Climate Change

A recent study on the Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) titled ‘Adaptive spatial planning of protected area network for conserving the Himalayan brown bear’, has predicted a significant reduction in suitable habitat and biological corridors of the species in the climate change scenario.

  • This has prompted scientists to suggest an adaptive spatial planning of protected area network in the western Himalayas for conserving the species.
  • Adaptive spatial planning broadly refers to conserving the existing landscape and augmenting the fragmented areas of the habitat of the species. Adaptive spatial planning of protected areas (PAs)is aimed at minimising the risks and uncertainty of ....
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Ecology & Environment