Is H5N1 a conservation threat?
Up to 10 % of the world population of Bar-headed Geese died at Lake Qinghai in China. Globally Threatened Birds could be at risk when they have small populations concentrated in areas where the virus has become established, especially when poultry use the same water and food supplies. In South-east Asia and South-east Europe there are a number of Globally Threatened waterbirds whose populations have already been reduced by habitat loss and over-hunting, and which could be at threat from H5N1.
