.Monday, June 7, 2010 ' 10:04 PM Y
Fish, animals, trees, plants, these are the examples of living things which could suffer from extinction. We can say that the extinction of these living things are actually caused by mankind.
Since the goal of continuous development have been an issue towards mankind, companies or factories oversea have been clearing forest for more land usage for the operation of their goal. Similarly, these clearing of forests are usually operated using fire due to cheap operation cost.
Huge amount of Carbon Dioxide is produced when such operation occurs. These emitted Carbon Dioxide actually causes global warming and this is where it threatens animals such as the ones living in the arctic area.
We can see that one simple mistake mankind make can actually affect many animals, plants and trees from different places. Their habitat have been ruined and there is no way these animals and plants can reverse the situation without the help of thoughtful mankind. In the world now, clearing of forests is only a part of developing, we must not forget that some of the cleared forests are used as factories and such factories again emit Carbon Dioxide. From a small situation like this, we can see how has mankind caused severe damage to the environment causing several animals to lose their natural habitat and close to extinction. These are some of the factors that caused damage to biodiversity on land.
Fish has been a common food for mankind. Sometimes smaller fishes are food of bigger fishes. In the world now, many people have purchasing power. They can afford to buy fishes for their meal. Fishes are one of the most expensive food compared to chicken, duck or vegetables. So there is a high demand for fishes. Similarly, fishers would catch more fishes as possible to earn money or have it as their main animal protein source in the poorer countries. Ocean fishes have now estimated come to extinction in the year 2050 if mankind do not think of their future. Which means the next generation won't get to enjoy fishes as meal. A high demand in fishes prompt fishers to fish for large amount leaving the poor fishes little time for reproduction purposes. In this way, it could lead to a faster extinction rate.
There's also information that proposals on endangered species were defeated Japan. This shows that there is a slim chance of protecting our future flock of fishes. From the above situations, we can see that mankind is the cost of endangering these living things. Maybe now, we don't care. Maybe then, we regret. But it is all too late to decide when the time comes. Therefore, mankind are urged to take such problems into consideration in order to save ourselves and the poor endangered species for a better future.
Er Chin
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