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
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the structural biological diversity of an ecosystem and its environment to prevent the loss of or threat to a species that is caused by human or invasive species that could result in the extinction of that species. According to the Fundamentals of Conservation Biology‚ conservation biology is concerned with “keeping the wave of species extinctions from becoming a flood” (Hunter‚ Jr.‚ & Gibbs‚ 2007). In order to do this‚ conservation biology targets the threatened species and
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Endangered Animals. Human beings‚ plants‚ and animals‚ are creatures that are a part of the world. There are a lot of species that we don’t know due to endangerment. There are many animals that our kids and our grandkids are not going to know either because now they are in danger of extinction. Many animals are in danger because of us‚ just think about it. Every years‚ we as a human raze‚ are causing danger to many animals. There are several causes of endangered species: habitat destruction‚ introduction
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These events are known as the 5 Mass Extinctions‚ and scientists believe we are now on the precipice of the sixth. Researchers say that humans are the only ones that are causing the sixth extinction. How are humans causing this? Habitat destruction‚ an ever growing population‚ agricultural production and air pollution are all contributing to the latest extinction. These activities are causing even more species to become extinct. The thought of the sixth extinction is scary‚ but we can still stop it
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Endangered Species Act be strengthened. The universal problem cannot be fixed until us as humans protect the natural environments where endangered species live. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the most popular and successful environmental laws that was ever enacted. As Americans we have committed to work jointly to protect and return those species that are mainly at risk of extinction. Humans have always been a part of nature‚ unfortunately the natural systems
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Culling elephants is very brutal and unnecessary. However‚ it still remains a preferred method of handling the elephant population. If this continues‚ the next generation of humans may not even know what elephants look like except on the internet or in picture books. The Wildlife management often commands that sizable amounts of these animals are to be killed in one huge fight to decrease an area of more than enough elephants because of diminishing space. I will be discussing what elephants are‚
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from the Oxford Dictionary. Thus‚ biodiversity crisis means the large number of different animals and plants are decreasing or in other word it’s facing extinction or becoming endangered. It also means that the large number of animals and plants are in a great danger. LOSES OF BIODIVERSITY Some species that are more vulnerable to extinction than others include species at the top of food chains‚ such as large carnivores. Endemic local species which is a species found in only one geographical
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Today’s‚ the terms animal extinction is always heard among us‚ but what is animal extinction mean actually? According to Lin (n.d)‚ There are no more animal species alive wherever in the world due to the extinction of a specific animal or plant species which the species has died out. This is evolution of a natural part In our ecosystem‚ animals are part of it and they help to balance the ecosystem. But‚ due to the human activities‚ these animals begin to disappear from the earth. Dodo bird‚ Tasmanian
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Are Endangered Animals an Issue? There are around 41‚000 endangered species‚ and around 16‚000 of them are on the edge of extinction. There are many reasons for animals to go endangered‚ such as habitat loss‚ pollution‚ disease‚ predation‚ illegal killing‚ and poaching. Habitat loss happens by a mixture of things logging‚ agriculture‚ the building of roads and cities‚ and forest fires. Habitat loss affects China’s giant panda because of the expanding buildings in China. Pollution is affecting fish
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species of snub-nosed monkeys. Habitat loss is their main cause of threat. Gharial ~Gharials are commonly mistaken by most people as crocodiles. Gharials can be recognized from their slender snout. They should not be feared as they do not prey on human. The only surviving member of this family is now critically endangered and can only be found in the Indian subcontinent. Axolotl ~Axolotls are among the cutest amphibians in the world. They come in 4 different colors. Axolotls spend their whole
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