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Persuasive Essay On The Conservation Movement

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There is no question that humans are the dominant ecological force in today’s society. If humans are the dominant force, would it not make sense that humans have the moral responsibility to protect and care for nature? Nature provides humans with the resources to survive, yet humans are the ones who are slowly destroying it. Fortunately, there are people who do believe that it is their moral responsibility to protect nature. The Conservation Movement provides an excellent example of humans being obedient in the fight for protecting nature. Unfortunately, there is also disobedience occurring that is slowing down the Conservation Movement. This disobedience comes in many forms such as the pollution of ocean waters, or the overharvesting of trees in rainforests. These acts occur from humans that are disobedient in their responsibility to protect nature. Out of all the disobedient acts that are occurring in nature, poaching proves to be one of the most severe. In Rosaleen Duffy’s book Nature Crime: How We’re Getting Conservation Wrong, she introduces the topic of poaching by writing, “Conservation International tell us that the loss of wildlife is one of the most important challenges facing our planet, that we are facing an extinction crisis to rival the end of the dinosaurs” (1). If the Conservation movement is going to make progress in the future, humans must put an end to poaching. In order for poaching to end people will have to be willing to work together, while

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