Essay on Preventing the Extinction of the Simpona Lemur

The development of tourism around certain key wildlife species can be problematic. Evaluate strategies which are used, around the world, to seek a working balance in the Nature-People relationship?

Sixteen species of lemurs have become extinct, most likely due to habitat destruction and hunting by humans. The largest of the extinct lemurs was known as Archaeoindris and was about the size of a male gorilla. Some of these extinct lemurs were ground dwelling while others lived in the trees and moved very much like

Conservation of our biodiversity not only demonstrates foresight, it protects the natural resources so vital to our own continued existence. The value of any single species to an ecosystem is immeasurable; the environment will not endure without its species, despite size or niche. These animals are not dispensable. And, they are apt to face extinction in the not too distant future, unless a resolve for their preservation is insisted by the public and enforced by governments internationally.

Unfortunately, fossas are endangered. There are around 2,500 left in the world. It is rare to find a fossa in the wild, so it is hard for zoos to breed them. This may cause them to become extinct. Fossas are also close to extinction because they are losing their habitat. Their homes in the trees of Madagascar’s, have been cut down. There is only about 10% of the original trees that the fossas used as homes, remaining today.

Even though the government of Madagascar has many different laws stating that lemurs should be protected in their habitat, some hunters have decided to go against the laws and hunt all lemurs anyway. Scientists have tried to help save lemurs by capturing them and putting them in a captive-breeding programs to help them to be able to give them a better chance of surviving (Jolly 76). There are around 70 different breeds of lemurs and about 16 of them have become extinct (Riley 6). There are many different breed of lemurs and researchers are still finding more and more different breeds every year. There are three new lemurs found off the coast of Africa in Madagascar. The three new lemurs are all considered to be mouse lemurs. They were named microcebus bongolavensis, microcebus danfossi, and microcebus lokobensis. And since the year 2000, the number of known mouse lemur species have nearly doubled from 8 to 15 different species. The scientists have cautioned that the number of mouse lemurs may be slightly altered if they find more genetic DNA that shows the other named mouse lemurs are not actually unique species (3). One breed of lemur that has been around for many many years is called the indri lemur. Although the indri has a smaller tail than all the other lemurs it is one of the larger lemurs. They also live in the Madagascar and jump from tree to tree and land on each branch in an upright position. The indri lemur also almost never goes down to the

At Hasting’s Point it was evident from the ecosystems visited that there exist many, possible future implications due to human impacts. The value of these ecosystems to us as a resource is immense, however human activity, in particular tourism, threatens to undermine this value. Tourism is comprised of several damaging factors: directly interacting with ecosystems; pollution; development of the area and increased popularity. We rely on these ecosystems for food, relaxation, medicine (scientific research), natural balance and, paradoxically, tourism. However if nothing is done to rectify and/or control this issue, these ecosystems in Hasting’s Point, like many others, run the risk of being destroyed and losing their value as a resource. It

Overall, this short movie provides a good point of view on the situation, however, I believe that there is not a strong enough emphasis on the other threats possible like global warming, hunting or any other possible conservation issues. It is mainly focused on the wood trade and the danger concerning lemurs in this place, but usually species are not endangered just because of one cause. Global warming is a growing concern all around the world and Madagascar, being an island, could be touched even more by the sea level

on ground or climbing in trees. Most lemurs only like climbing in trees. The ring-tailed

Lepilemur are part of the of Strepsirrhini suborder, of the order Primates. They are found on the island of Madagascar, with about 100 known living species. Before the arrival of humans on the island of Madagascar there were Lepilemur the size of adult gorillas. Also due to humans changing the landscape of Madagascar Lepilemur that were once found all over the island are now only found on 10% of the island. Now due to the conversion of forest into land that is better suited for agriculture Lepilemur population has rapidly declined. Lepilemur have a wide range in weight, from 30 grams up to 9 kilograms. Instead of communicating using sight alone Lepilemur use a mixture of scents and callings to socialize with each other. Lepilemur have a

When it comes to the topic of ecotourism, most of us will readily agree that it is a less harmful alternative to mass-tourism and that it promotes responsible and low-impact travel to areas where flora, fauna and cultural heritage are the primary drawing power. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what the impact of ecotourism actually is and what its long-term consequences are. Whereas some are convinced that ecotourism provides the basis for sustainable development, particularly in places that suffer from exploitation and excessive resources’ usage, and that could only improve the general conditions of the local people, others maintain that we are still far from true ecotourism, for many are those in the

Douglas Adams, who is normally “a writer of humorous science-fiction adventures,” takes on the journey of a lifetime in his only non-fiction book, Last Chance to See. In the novel, Douglas Adams teams up with zoologist Mark Carwardine to take off on expeditions, in search of exotic and endangered species, investigating the odds for these animals’ survival. They take us on their quest, overviewing some of the world’s most in-need species in terms of protection to save these populations. The multitude of excursions that have come together in this book aid in the spread of awareness of these endangered species’ needs and promote compassion to all who read. Starting in Madagascar, they look for the virtually extinct Aye-Aye lemur on a government preserved island called Nosy Mangabé.

Bill Freedmen, author of “Endangered Species—Human Causes Of Extinction and Endangerment” notes, “scientists approximate that present extinction rates are 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the average natural extinction rate.” These distressing numbers should be acted upon to save the endangered species and avoid the catastrophic change to this planet if these species were to become extinct. In order to produce change, people need to recognize that habitat loss, climate change, and poaching are all factors in why our animal species are going extinct.

Have you ever wonder what a lemur is? I think they are weird animals. In this essay it will tell you its appearance ,Habitat and diet, and interesting facts about the lemur. Lemurs are animals with weird lifestyles. They live off nuts and other foods not edible to us.

Have you seen the movie of madagascar and wondered what that little brown thing with the cute big eyes is well that's a grey mouse lemur.

Habitat destruction, deforestation, ozone depletion, global warming, and poaching. These actions and ecological happenings are creating a world where animals are going extinct at rapid rates. Our world is on the brink of what scientists believe is the sixth mass extinction. Unlike the five previous mass extinction, the latest one killing a majority of the dinosaurs, the main causes for this current extinction are anthropogenic reasons, not natural events.