Habitat Loss

Saving the World
Habitat loss isn’t only hurting our plant and animals around the world. Humans are also a part of the life cycle and depend on all of these damaged natural resources to maintain the life we live every day. Properly functioning natural systems give us the ability to breath, create safe food and drinking water and provide us with everything we need to survive. Each species plays an important role in its ecosystem. Habitat loss and degradation is one of the biggest threats to animals and plants on earth and is steadily increasing. Habitat can be lost or damaged in a number of ways. Direct damage is when habitats are physically changed, such as when a shoreline is replaced by a sea wall or a wetland is filled. Pollution can cause indirect damage which is when damage is cause through no direct contact with the environment by making an environment too toxic species to live there. There are too many causes for habitat loss to lay out in one sitting but there are a few here in which you as an individual can help fix or make better.
Invasive species is a massive cause to the loss and destruction of habitats all around the world. A species is invasive when it is either not native to the ecosystem in which it lives and can cause environmental harm. Invasive species often compete so successfully in new ecosystems that they displace native species and disrupt important ecosystem processes. Plants, animals, insects, and diseases can all be invasive. Invasive species can negatively impact ecosystems in a variety of ways. They can; displace native species, reduce native wildlife habitats, reduce forest health, alter ecosystems and many more. There are quite a few things that you can do to help fight against these species. Learn which invasive plants or animals threaten the ecosystems in your area and avoid collecting them or their seeds. You can also find and kill any invasive plants that are on your property. These may seem too small to affect the invasive