Imagine you take a trip to the Tropical Andes but when you get there you see none of the beautiful wildlife and plant life you were hoping to see. Instead, you see large bridges and roadways, lumberjacks and fallen trees. Where there use to be large biodiversity hotspots thriving with life there are now animals losing their homes and coming into extinction.
This is beginning to happen in many hotspots around the world. But first to know how this is happening and why, you have to know what a Biodiversity Hotspot is; a Biodiversity
Hotspot is Earth’s biologically richest places, with high numbers of species found nowhere else.
“Hotspots face extreme threats and have already lost at least 70 percent of their original vegetation.” (Biodiversity Hotspots) There are many places that are considered a Biodiversity
Hotspots, to qualify as a hotspot a region must meet two strict criteria:
1. It must contain at least 1,500 species of vascular plants
2. It has to have lost at least 70 percent of its original habitat
There are also three factors that usually determine hotspots:
1. The number of total species
2. The number of unique species
3. The number of species at risk
(Lee, Alan. Biodiversity Hotspots?)(Biodiversity Decline)Glass, 2
There are also more causes to habitat loss than just deforestation such as, pollution, unsustainable farming and hunting, fossil fuel consumption, and introducing non-native species to that area are just some reasons for habitat loss. But
The biodiversity I have chosen to write about is defending natures' hotspots for people and prosperity.
“Biological diversity is of fundamental importance to the functioning of all natural and human-engineered ecosystems, and by extension to the ecosystem services that nature provides free of charge to human society ”(Lloyd, 2014). Biodiversity is very important to both plants, animals and humans on Earth and if one species is destroyed it throw the balance off .
This is bad because for cloning to occur because cloning is essential copying the DNA strands so the telomeres can be deleted. When amino acids are deleted that changes the sequence and that leads to many disorders. Biodiversity is very important because it provides better health to all species. In the novel, Brave New World, a character named Bernard was made just like everyone else but he still didn’t turn out like everyone else. “He stood eight inches centimeters short of a standard Alpha height and was slender in proportion” (Huxley, 64), this shows that just because something is done to follow procedure, it doesn’t prove that the genetically engineered organism is bound to be fit for its environment.
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The article I chose, Panda’s Habitat ‘Shrinking and Becoming More Fragmented’, was written by Helen Briggs for BBC News. The article talks about how the giant panda’s habitat, the Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, is much worse than it was 30 years ago. The article said that even though the giant panda was taken off the endangered list last year the loss of habitat is still a very serious threat to the animal. The article said that the reason for this is because the panda’s are being split up from each other. The development of roads running through their habitat splits them up so that they’re aren’t able to find each other to breed. Other things such as earthquakes, agriculture, tourism, and logging have majorly affected the habitat as
As stated in the first chapter of the textbook, there are numerous ways homeland security goes about informing and warning United States citizens on current or future catastrophes and hazards. One way for people to stay informed on the current risk levels of terrorist attacks is through the Homeland Security Advisory System, now known as the National Terrorism Advisory System. Sadly, the information given to the public on these systems can sometimes be difficult for people to locate. As a result, government agencies have teamed up with cell phone companies to provide an alternative, and more accessible way to keep the public informed of not just current risks of terrorism but also useful news updates. To better elaborate, according to one article, as of 2016 all smart phones now have the capability to give the carrier real time warnings on tornados, hurricanes, flooding in the area, traffic crashes, amber
I look out the window of the car as we are driving and I watch as the landscape goes from the big city scape to a lonely area with houses every ten or so minutes. This new area is thickly forested and the road is made of dirt.
When we stepped in it became darker and altogether quieter, except for the rustle of squirrels and calls of birds. Walking along, I saw little chipmunks run by, and I wondered if this neighborhood sized piece of forest was the size of a city to them. A few minutes later, we got to a bridge that goes over a small creek. Judging by the size of the creek walls, I could tell that the creek used to be the width of a medium sized river at one point. Not only that, but parts of soil that had once contained tree roots had been washed away, leaving the half a tree’s roots hanging over the creek.
Tropical rainforest contains the major biodiversity of any biome. Global warming scenario is affecting the diversity of the population of the tree frog population. Due to climate changes, the frog is unable to adjust to new climate which resumes in population decrease.
Global populations of wildlife, from birds and mammals to reptiles and amphibians, have declined by 58% between 1970 and 2012, stated from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Animals which live in lakes, rivers, and freshwater systems have declined the most in populations at an 81% declination.
After a short discussion, I reluctantly got in the car. It was a long ride to the start of the trail, so I was able to get a little more sleep. For most of the ride I looked out the window at the infinite amount of trees. I don’t think I had ever seen more trees in my life. They were everywhere. On both sides of the road there were tall trees with long vines hanging from them. The thing that I found more amazing was how dense the forest was. I could barely see five feet into the trees because it was so dark. The trees blocked out just about every inch of sunlight. I remember my brother asking “What happens if you get lost in there?”. I answered “Well you would probably never
Therefore, a combination of social, economic, and environmental factors together play an important role. One pillar alone cannot be the answer to solving the loss of biodiversity issue. A battle fought on all fronts is a battle won.
After my family was done taking in the valley, we headed off to explore a bit more. We had to hike about one and a half miles to get to the place our friends wanted to show us. We had to walk through a grove of bamboo so dense that the sunlight could barely penetrate all the leaves. The sunlight was as dappled as our family Dachshund. We finally arrived at a creek that was at the base of a waterfall. I was under the impression that we were there to see the waterfall, but
Violence against nature appears in various forms affecting different sectors of life. All kinds of hunting methods for recreation, food, fur, musk or any other reason have been the big threat to ecology. It is also known as exploitation of the rare species for commercialization purpose. The land of Nagas were once counted as the meeting place of wild animals and the riches forest but these days wild animals are no more, the dark green foliage is deceptive. It hides an unpalatable truth. The animals that once survived are on the endangered list. Once Nagaland was so rich in flora and fauna but now it is on the verge of extinct. The reason for the extensions of the wild plants and animals is people as they are greedy to get easily rich at the expenses of those beautiful and precious creatures .
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