Easter Island Case Study

The factors that brought about the collapse of the Easter Islander civilization were, overharvesting, deforestation by its inhabitants, habitat destruction, human environmental impacts, overlooking climate change, human population growth and problems with soil, such as “lessening fertility, attrition and increasing salt content” (Frantz). Easter Island is the "strongest example of a society that demolished itself by desecrating its own resources” (Frantz). Overharvesting damaged Ester Islanders environment. The overuse happened due to overfishing and hunting. Easter Island faced major historical consequences due to overharvesting. Most of all it overharvested the trees. In “1400 it grew into extinction” (Mongabay). By overusing its resources, boundaries were placed on reproduction. The palm disappeared and islanders couldn’t explore out into the sea and everything up to birds disappeared. Easter Island’s …show more content…
We must be aware of climate change and how it affects us daily across the world. For an example, think of farmers; if farmers didn’t watch the climate change they wouldn’t know when and when not to use their crops. By detecting climate change, it demonstrates to farmers “how to make farming stronger to the impacts of utmost weather” (Heikkinen). This is important, also in protecting food security. Temperatures and humidity became extreme, along with bad leakage. Lacking water streams pressured the island into not being appropriate for farming. This impact caused a decline in plant and animal life.
The later contact with the rest of the world affected the islanders by the uprising of diseases, and the weakening community. Diseases were extensive, it brought smallpox, syphilis, other venereal diseases and slavery to the land. Islanders relied on traded in food and the dealings joblessness and the rise in alcohol. Abductions also rose causing population to continue decreasing. Contact exposed the rest of the world to dangerous