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Countering an Intolerable Loss: Endangered Species

Countering an Intolerable Loss: Endangered Species. By Zerin Islam. Introduction. Thesis Statement:

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Countering an Intolerable Loss: Endangered Species

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  1. Countering an Intolerable Loss: Endangered Species By Zerin Islam

  2. Introduction • Thesis Statement: The global community tends to underestimate the atrocious complications that arise with the loss of biodiversity. We must learn to thoroughly appreciate the environment and its organisms for all that they contribute to humanity.

  3. Causes and Influences • Destruction of Habitat “Habitat destruction caused by land development, hydroelectric projects, building roads and even war, is the major cause of plant and animal extinction” (McKisson and MacRae-Campbell 29).

  4. Overhunting The second most prominent reason for loss of biodiversity is overhunting and over the last four centuries, more than four hundred species were lost due to such activities (McKisson and MacRae-Campbell 15).

  5. Pollution Next on the list of dominant causes is the release of toxins into the biosphere by means of vehicular exhaust, urban and factory refuse, oil spills, and/or pesticide use (McKisson and MacRae-Campbell 18).

  6. Introduction of Exotic Species Introduction of non-native species is the fourth leading agent of environmental dilapidation and ecosystem damage (McKissonand MacRae-Campbell 18).

  7. Impact • “The ecological interactions among these diverse species and the physical environment make up the ecosystems upon which the human species depends for survival” (“Connect: UNESCO-UNEP...” 61). • Our foods, medicinal supplements, household products, clothing, and other materials are supplied from “virtually every ecosystem from every corner of the earth” (“Connect: UNESCO-UNEP...” 62). • With biodiversity at its currently poor state, the world's life forms will soon lose the ability to adapt and adjust to the earth's inconsistent ways.

  8. Prevention • Inter-community organizations and school clubs can be devised • Good environmentally-appreciative attitudes should be emphasized throughout the school years and educational programs can be coordinated for the improvement of local wildlife • Formation of eco-friendly business that has been referred to as “ecopreneurship” (Schuyler 3)

  9. Genetic variation, essential for life on earth, can also be preserved through the study of reproductive biology (Sheldon et al. 6) Organization: World Wildlife Fund fights to defend biodiversity in hundreds of locations across the globe (Pitman, Braus, and Asato 3)

  10. Works Cited “Connect: UNESCO-UNEP Environmental Education Newsletter. 1991-1992.” New York: ERIC Database, 1992. PDF file. McKisson, Micki, and Linda MacRae-Campbell. “Endangered Species: Their Struggle To Survive. Our Only Earth Series. A Curriculum for Global Problem Solving.” New York: ERIC Database, 1990. PDF file. Pitman, Barb, Judy Braus, and LaniAsato. “The Biodiversity Collection: A Review of Biodiversity Resources for Educators.” New York: ERIC Database, 1998. PDF file. Schuyler, Gwyer. “Merging Economic and Environmental Concerns through Ecopreneurship. Digest Number 98-8.” New York: ERIC Database, 1998. PDF file. Sheldon, Louisa. et al. “Smithsonian's NOAHS: Keepers of the Ark. The New Explorers.” New York: ERIC Database, 1994. PDF file.

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