Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Wild Animals in Afghanistan
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Climate change is an important worldwide environmental issue facing our planet today. Total of (920) vertebrate wild species are living in Afghanistan out of them (764) known species while (160) species are uncertain unknown, almostly protected and proposed protect area in different (9) provinces of Afghanistan were identified by Technology Needs Assessments – Mitigation Report, 2020. Climate change is predicted to be the biggest cause of wildlife habitat change, displacement, and losses of wild animal species in Afghanistan. Reducing the loss of habitats and preventing their collapse by creating protected habitats, constructing forests to stabilize slopes, strengthening soil and regulating water flow, improving agroforestry systems, and sustainable management and restoration of watersheds can decrease climate change effects on wildlife.
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