“We want to work with our collaborators, figure out major threats and bring them back before it gets critical.” “Most people don’t know that platypus populations are on the decline,” said Bob Wiese, Ph.D., Chief Life Sciences Officer, San Diego Zoo Global. This new project is especially important, to ensure that the platypus does not become more endangered in the future. Recently, the International Union for Conservation of Nature changed the status of the platypus from a Species of Least Concern to Near Threatened. “Unfortunately, relatively little is known about the current status or trajectory of platypus populations across their range, with climate change and human population growth expected to significantly impact the iconic species.” “What we are trying to do here is understand how populations are going at a landscape scale,” says Josh Griffiths, Senior Wildlife Ecologist, at cesar. It is hoped that the results of this study-the largest-scale investigation of platypus populations ever undertaken- will help people better manage waterways to protect platypus and other species that depend on them. In 2018 cesar will bring its platypus monitoring expertise to a new, large scale platypus project.
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