Threats to Biodiversity
Name: Maricar A. Magale Section & Schedule: A3; MTh 10:30am-12pm
Threats of Biodiversity “The loss of biological diversity is second only to nuclear warfare in its threat to human and other life on this planet.” - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including inter alia [among other things], terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. Therefore, biodiversity is the connection among all living things on the planet, including their habitats and their interaction in the environment and all the living things on the planet. But as ages and generations pass, biodiversity’s flow have had been disturbed. This is caused by the following elements: * Constructing new roads due to the demand of urbanization. When urbanization takes place, it means there will be destruction of habitats among a lot of species. And to make the traveling means of urbanization convenient, C3 roads and shortcut roads are being built. As these roads are built, animals are displaced. Some of these animals may be in the care of animal rescuers; some found no habitat which caused for them to become injured or even die and be not able to reproduce anymore; and a lot are threatened by people and other animals and causes for them to become outnumbered. As an animal population grows or diminishes in one specific area, other species, plant life and even the soil are affected. When these factors are affected, biodiversity among animals and their environment is disturbed and vanishes little by little.
* Population Growth. The earth’s total human population nowadays is reaching a number close to 9billion. Even with healthy ecosystems and crops growing at full capacity, earth can only sustain a limited number of people. As the population grows, so does the waste, as well as carbon footprint
Threats of Biodiversity “The loss of biological diversity is second only to nuclear warfare in its threat to human and other life on this planet.” - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including inter alia [among other things], terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are a part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. Therefore, biodiversity is the connection among all living things on the planet, including their habitats and their interaction in the environment and all the living things on the planet. But as ages and generations pass, biodiversity’s flow have had been disturbed. This is caused by the following elements: * Constructing new roads due to the demand of urbanization. When urbanization takes place, it means there will be destruction of habitats among a lot of species. And to make the traveling means of urbanization convenient, C3 roads and shortcut roads are being built. As these roads are built, animals are displaced. Some of these animals may be in the care of animal rescuers; some found no habitat which caused for them to become injured or even die and be not able to reproduce anymore; and a lot are threatened by people and other animals and causes for them to become outnumbered. As an animal population grows or diminishes in one specific area, other species, plant life and even the soil are affected. When these factors are affected, biodiversity among animals and their environment is disturbed and vanishes little by little.
* Population Growth. The earth’s total human population nowadays is reaching a number close to 9billion. Even with healthy ecosystems and crops growing at full capacity, earth can only sustain a limited number of people. As the population grows, so does the waste, as well as carbon footprint