2. East African Animals
There are a wide variety
of animals in East Africa.
Many of which we don’t
have here in the U.S.
Including Lions, water
bucks, cheetahs,
hyenas, buffalos, zebras,
elephants, and hippos
3. Slide 2 Continued
Its 30,000 square kilometres has a
wide variety of different ecosystems,
from open plain savannas to
woodlands and riverine forests, and
include some natural parks and
wildlife reserves in Africa, including
Serengeti National Park and the Ngor
ongoro Conservation Area, in
Tanzania, and the
Masai Mara National Reserve in
Kenya.
4. Eastern Africa’s
Endangered Species and
Ecosystems
Gorillas is one of the biggest endangerded species
in Eastern Africa.
Efforts to reverse the decline in the number of
gorillas date back to 1925, when Albert National
Park was created by the Belgian government to help
preserve their habitat. But in the 1960's several
factors severely devastated the population for
example civil unrest, poaching, and farming
devastated the forest, and colonial agricultural.
The Wildlife Conservation Society of New York
helped to establish the first conservation
education program for Rwandans, where
poaching was still a problem.
5. California
California is a U.S. State
on the west coast of the
United States.
California is one of the
biggest U.S. States.
It has a varitey of
animals and
ecosystems.
6. California’s Animals
and Ecosystems
California has a varitey of animals from its
famous brown bear in the woodlands of
california to the california tiger salamander in
the california water ways.
California has a lot to offer in its ecosystems. It
has woodland areas, mountains and lots of
costal land.
7. California’s Endangered
Species.
California has a long list of endangered species
but california also has a act that protects them.
The CESA.
The California Endangered Species Act (CESA)
states that all native species of fishes, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, mammals, invertebrates, and plants,
and their habitats, threatened with extinction and
those experiencing a significant decline which, if
not halted, would lead to a threatened or
endangered designation, will be protected or
preserved. The Department will work with all
interested persons, agencies and organizations to
protect and preserve such sensitive resources and
their habitats.
