Biodiversity

have compounding effects. After reading “The Lorax,” look at the list below and discuss the implications of how any two or more of the items can cause a worsened environmental effect: a) Energy consumption b) Human population explosion c) Loss of biodiversity d) Soil erosion e) Food shortages f) Waste disposal g) Deforestation h) Water pollution i) Global warming j) Political…

Education Will Change Our Behavior Imagine a blond hair kid with big teeth and enormous glasses that seem to engulf his entire face, sitting crossed legged surrounded by other kids on a carpet. Those children were learning about African Natives and how some of those people lived in poverty, coupled by malnutrition and the epidemic HIV virus that plagued the country. The year was 1987 and that blond haired kid was me. Thinking about it now I can still remember the details as I sat in awe,…

diversity in the population, to produce healthy tigers ("Forest Corridors Help”). Genetic diversity is what makes individuals from the same species unlike the others. ("Biodiversity - Species Diversity.") It is important to have genetic diversity because it improves the ability to adapt to changes like a change in the climate ("Biodiversity - Species Diversity."). For this to happen, there has to be a relatively large population of tigers in the reserve, so that they can interbreed and exchange…

Essay 5: The Amazon and its Impacts In order to understand the importance of the Amazon River, we need to understand that it is so much more than just another flowing body of water. The health of the planet depends on the Amazon making it one of the most valuable places in the world. The river and the basin that it has created and travels, effects a huge body of vegetation, people, and animals. The Amazon benefits a new and evolving culture, allows continuing diversity in people,…

Our habits of production and consumption are linked to pollution and waste. However, in a world where must of our economic growth is intimately linked with the environment and its natural resources, and as humanity is realizing that our actions are destroying our earth, the environmental health of nature, rivers, and oceans have never been so important. Therefore, the importance to realize that earth and its resources are here to help us, but no to serve us, it’s our mission and responsibility.…

Both invasive species present a danger because they overtake the habitat of other plant life. The Rosarypea can grow over small trees and shrubs, and its roots can grow very deeply onto the ground and are very difficult to remove. The Earleaf acacia is more common in disturbed areas. It has also invaded pinelands, scrub, and hammocks and can displace native vegetation and shade out native plants. It is adapted to nutrient-poor soils in humid tropics and is fire adapted. According to our textbook…

when Asian and African elephants will be lost by 2020?” (Marino). De-extinction aims to resurrect a single charismatic species, yet millions of species are threatened to become extinct. According to Stewart Pimm, a world leader in the studies of biodiversity and conservation biology, de-extinction is worse than a waste (Pimm). He says that by setting up the expectation that science and biotechnology can fix any damage that we are doing to the planet’s inhabitants, we will begin to worry less…

Sustainable development, being defined as “ development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (Brundtland,1987:43) is being increasingly recognised by the global society. One of this can be seen from the fact that sustainable development was included in the Millennium Development Goals(MDGs) of the United Nations as one of the explicit goals (MDG7) among the eight goals. This can show that the national government…

As a Biology major, working towards a minor in sustainability, I have learned to appreciate the moments when my mind engages with a new-found sense of knowledge and understanding. Many people think sustainability is all about saving the planet and recycling. They are all thinking of being environmentally friendly they can be sustainable. But, there is no universal definition of what sustainability means. Instead, there are many different views on what it is and how it can be achieved.…

Planet’s Fight for Life, he argues that if we conserve half of the earth’s land and water for nature, we are likely to save 90% of the remaining life on the planet. At Wildlands Network, we have long advocated for essentially the same vision for the biodiversity of North America, long before Dr. Wilson so eloquently put it into words at the global scale. We’re putting these ideas into practice with the formation of our Eastern Wildway Network, which envisions a connected landscape of wildlands…