00:00nextmigrating animals face a growing

00:03threatof Extinction from hunting

00:05fishingpollution and habitat

00:08destructionaccording to a new report

00:09overallmore than 40% of migratory

00:12specieslisted as needing International

00:14protectionare declining in numbers many

00:18couldbe wiped out with marine animals

00:20ingreatest danger the report by the UN

00:22environmentprogram is being presented

00:25ata gathering in usbekistan well let's

00:28goand speak now to SU liberman who is

00:30thevice president of international

00:33policyat the wildlife conservation

00:35Societythank you very much for coming

00:36onthe

00:37programmy pleasure good evening so what

00:40isthe interest here in these migratory

00:43speciesthat travel these large

00:46distanceswhat are the risks they're

00:48facingmigratory species are exposed to

00:52evengreater threats than species that

00:54don'tmigrate across multiple countries

00:57becausethey're exposed to Serious

00:59threatsof across their entire migratory

01:01routea whale that migrates from

01:04Antarcticaup the Atlantic Ocean into

01:07thenorthern hemisphere is exposed to

01:09tremendousrisks the same for migratory

01:12birdspecies bat species and many other

01:15speciesthis report is a wakeup call

01:18thatgovernments and all of us need to

01:21domore for migratory species and what

01:23aresome of the threats then what are

01:25humanswhat are people doing that is

01:27puttingthem at risk well one of the

01:30greatestthreats is climate change of

01:32coursebut because animals are forced to

01:35changetheir habitats to adapt but in

01:38additionhabitat loss habitat

01:40destructionand

01:42overexploitationuse killing of of wild

01:46speciesand destruction of their

01:48habitatsfor agriculture for Timber

01:51productionfor mining those are the

01:53greatestthreats to these species but we

01:55cando something about them okay well

01:58tellme what

02:00wellwe citizens and governments need to

02:04worktogether to to set aside protected

02:07areasto look and say what do the

02:09migratoryspecies need and the local

02:11peoplewho depend often on those species

02:14whatdo they meet need in terms of

02:16protectedareas how can we reduce or

02:18limitthe

02:20overexploitationwe know how to do

02:22conservationI work for the Wildlife

02:24ConservationSociety we know how to help

02:27governmentsset up protected areas and

02:29governmentneed to commit to do that or

02:31weare going to lose these precious

02:34speciesokay we must leave it there Dr

02:36suanthank you very much for coming on

02:38andtalking us through that thank you my

02:41pleasurethank you