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March Thematic Report |
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by Patience Nansamba | 06-04-2023 04:09
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Global problems of nature protection.
Nature protection is the moral philosophy and conservation movement focused on protecting species from extinction, maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystem services, and protecting biological diversity . A range of values underlie conservation, which can be guided by biocentrism ,anthropocentrism , ecocentrism, and sentientism , environmental ideologies that inform ecocultural practices and identities.There has recently been a movement towards evidence-based conservation which calls for greater use of scientific evidence to improve the effectiveness of conservation efforts. As of 2018 15% of land and 7.3% of the oceans were protected. Many environmentalists set a target of protecting 30% of land and marine territory by 2030.In 2021, 16.64% of land and 7.9% of the oceans were protected.
Deforestation. Deforestation affects animals in many ways. It causes habitat destruction, increased risk of predation, reduced food availability, and much more. As a result, some animals lose their homes and others lose food sources and finally, many lose their lives. In fact, deforestation is one of the main causes of extinction. If forests are cleared, or even disturbed, they release carbon dioxide and other green house gases. Forest loss and damage is the cause of around 10% global warming thus the climate crisis which affects wildlife. Some of the most endangered species in Africa include, the Black Rhino, African Elephant, and Saharan cheetah. Desertification. The desertification results in a decline in population for which species may become endangered or even extinct. This problem is especially severe for species that are already endangered as the small number animals or plants that remains may also die off overtime, which may even lead to the extinction of the species. Where there are insufficient rains, the water bodies also become completely dry or slightly lower the level of water than average. The lands also turn bare, leaving nothing for the animals to feed. This causes devastating effects on the health of the wild animals and frequently results in death. Rapid population growth rate. More people results into more development, which equals changes and or reduction in habitat for wildlife. Therefore wildlife numbers are reduced and many of those that survive are wandering into urbanized areas. According to the National Wildlife Federation, in a report titled Population and the environment, nearly 20 plants and animals species become extinct every hour. Along with fuelling massive animal extinction, population growth contributes heavily to habitat loss. This is because humans are replacing plants and animals in the landscape. Resulting declines of wildlife population can be directly attributed to habitat loss. Food production and equitable distribution. All food production systems harm animals to some degree and that the majority of these harms affect wildlife. History shows that livestock protection negatively impacts wildlife, some of this is direct through competition for resources but much of it is associated with land use change and livestock management practices. This will continue unless we create the circumstances in which wildlife and livestock can co-exists, through farmers benefiting from wildlife on their land. The imperative lies, however, in finding ways to improve the efficiency of livestock production so that land is not converted to produce livestock products and remains for wildlife. Global warming. Rising temperatures lower many species survival rates due to changes that lead to less food, less successful reproduction and interfering with the environment for native wildlife. Habitat loss due to global warming is one of the major reasons for species extinction and loss of biodiversity. Climate change interacts with threats such as habitat loss to further exacerbate species declines. The key impact of global warming on wild life is habitat disruption i which ecosystems- places where animals have spent millions of years adapting - rapidly transform in response to climate change, reducing their ability to fulfil the species needs. |
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Former E-gen Ambassador
Patience Nansamba
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2 Comments
Hello Patience! Again, this is your mentor Yewon.
In this report, you have shared your opinion about wildlife preservation!
Especially, you have pointed out five factors that contribute to threatening wildlife, which are deforestation, desertification, rapid population growth, food production and equitable distribution, and global warming.
I totally agree with you, and we should try to protect wildlife by solving these problems!
To make a better report, I suggest you to add a 'conclusion' at the end of your report so that readers can easily wrap up the report!
Thank you for your hard work. Great job!
Posted 06-05-2023 01:56
Hello Patience! This is your mentor James.
Thanks for writing your March theme report! I appreciate your efforts. I'm glad to hear that there are some improvements regarding the increasing protected areas. However, as you mentioned, desertification and deforestation are still rapidly occurring in many places around the world due to urban development and expansion. Thus, I think only planting a few more trees or expanding national reserves won't be enough to save the planet. It's time for governments to take action.
Thank you for your article. I hope to see your next writing as well!
Posted 14-04-2023 09:11