People's Trust for Endangered Species

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/people-s-trust-for-endangered-species

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the establishment year?1977
2. What is the primary funding mechanism?Grants to researchers and conservationists, direct support for habitat restoration
3. Why was PTES founded in 1977?It was started to fight the growing problem of species going extinct and to keep wildlife safe for the future.
4. How does PTES help endangered animals?PTES gives grants to researchers, builds wildlife corridors, restores forests and grasslands, and breeds animals in special places before releasing them back into the wild.

Anthropogenic Pressures: Environmental impacts caused by human activities and their influence on ecosystems.
Keystone Species: A species that has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance.
Landscape-Scale Conservation: Conservation efforts that focus on large, interconnected areas of land and water.