Biodiversity Action Plan

Poaching Since 1997, people in Africa and other countries around the world, have been poaching elephants for the ivory in their tusks. Every year it is estimated that over 100,000 elephants are killed and every kill brings elephants close to extinction, which is why there should be stricter consequences for poaching. Currently, in countries around the world, there is a ban and set consequences for the trade of ivory, yet there is no law specifically illegalizing the killing of the elephants.…

be able to save all the endangered species, so the best effort will be to save as many as possible. It is not wise to just focus all the efforts on the pandas alone. There are other areas that we should focus our conservation efforts on like the biodiversity hotspots (i.e. Amazon rainforests). We should protect the habitat so as to preserve as many lifeforms we possibly can, using hard science to make educated decisions on which species required more of our attention and…

Essay 1: Adaptive Radiation Adaptive radiation is the fundamental mechanism responsible for the great variety of animal and plant species observed today and that dominated the Earth surface in the past (MacDonald, 2003). In simpler terms, adaptive radiation is the diversification of species to occupy a wide range of ecological niches. The term ecological niche describes the role of a species within its surrounding environment; its interaction with the biotic and abiotic environmental factors;…

From Diversion to Preservation The places where entertainment equals learning any day of the year. Where the wonders of Mother Nature are portrayed, and also offer an opportunity for its visitors to experience a temporary disconnection from the real world. Zoos and aquariums cultivate an appreciation for wildlife because they attract people from all ages, visitors can appreciate animals closer, and people learn about wildlife with tours, pamphlets and experiences. First, these places attract…

1.Introduction 1.1 What is sustainability and sustainable construction? Sustainability is living with our means, learning to live comfortably within the earth's natural environmental limits without having to sacrifice our wealth and happiness. Also it can define as the ability to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Population growth and/or growth in the rates of consumption of resources cannot be sustained. Because of…

An ecosystem is complex set of relationships among the living resources, habitats, and residents of an area. It is a biological community that incorporates human, animals, plants, soil, water, rocks, and microorganisms living together in a environment. Ecosystem includes both biotic and abiotic factors. Biotic factors include all of the living things such as plants, animals, bacteria, fungi and humans living in an area. The interactions between them such as competition, predation, mutualism and…

clearing of trees, used for rural and urban purposes. However, it is harmful to the ecosystem and wildlife that take shelter in the forests. Although many believe that deforestation is essential to the economy, it should be illegal because it affects biodiversity, climate change, and the water cycle. Deforestation may be believed to be helpful to the economy and essential to the way humans live, but it is causing climate change and changes in the earth, which can have a major impact. For…

Most humans do not understand the benefits that come from our land and how our day to day actions can be utterly fatal for our land. People will say of course we should be good stewards but stewardship is very broad and does not place a face we can care for. We need a kind of primary target for an ethic. I feel as though to care for our land is to care for all nature. Stewardship is too broad of an action and not directly concentrated in anything specific. The definition of stewardship is the…

Journalist, author, environmental activist, and founder of Friends of the Everglades, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, said in her book, The Everglades: River of Grass, “There are no other Everglades in the world. They are, they have always been, one of the unique regions of the earth; remote, never wholly known. Nothing anywhere else is like them…” (Douglas) The Everglades are located in the southern part of Florida. The Everglades National Park was established on December 6, 1947. The reason the park…

Pangolins are unique and strange creatures. They also have some crazy features too. Tens of wild Pangolins are killed each year. They look like a mixture of a sloth and a scaly lizard. It looks scary, cool, and nice. You should take care of creatures cause one day they might be here anymore. They live in different habitats. They all have different lifestyles. All of them have different ways to catch their food, and to defend themselves. First, pangolins are endangered. There two types of…