Sovereignty Vs Environmental Sustainability

The scale and pace of change is dramatic; for example, the extinction of species is occurring at around 100-fold pre-human rates4. The population sizes of vertebrate species have, on average, declined by half over the last 45 years5. More than 2.3 million km2 of primary forest has been felled since 20006. About

The article discussed the changes in many habitats due to anthropogenic activity. Anthropogenic is an adjective that describes changes in nature due to the people. Next, this article discussed climate change and the impact that it is having on species like clams, and fish due to ocean temperatures rising. The article also addressed carbon dating of fossils to look for cause of extinctions. Human development and agriculture have had a tremendous impact on the population of many species that are terrestrial. Deforestation is a big problem that has caused a decline in the bird species. Commercial fishing in many areas has led to a decline in fish populations. Furthermore this article

Extinction: Most species become extinct because they can’t cope with the environmental change, and also because of introduced species that turned into competitors for

Problems include; land degradation, air pollution, water pollution and loss of biodiversity. These harmful impacts to the environment need to be addressed with urgency (Djekic and Tomasevic, 2016).

Initially, habitat loss possibly poses the greatest threat to species as their homes (biomes) are harvested for industrial purposes and human

A loss of plant and animal species, both by observable causes and by unknown causes

Several man-made threats have accelerated extinction rates across the globe, such as global warming, pollution, and introduced species. Current extinction rates

As we deforest the African rainforest not only are we killing potential cures for diseases as well as innocent animals we are also killing human beings. There are three larger and more widely known tribes The Pygmies, The Huli, and The Indigenous (People of the rainforest). Most of the people in the African rainforest spend a plentiful amount of the year in a near village where they trade bush meat and honey for manioc, produce, and other goods. They most often trade with the family they had previously chosen often times the families will trade with each other for generations (Butler, 2012). Traditionally the people of the rainforest are hunters and gatherers, but deforestation has created jobs for forestry workers, farming, and mining (Social Impacts of Logging, 2006).Traditionally the rainforest inhabitants travel by foot or by boat with deforestation roads are being built allowing cars and trucks to go through. (Laurance, 2012). The people who occupy the rainforest live

Since the Industrial Revolution we have practiced deforestation, burned fossil fuels, and as a result we have disrupted stable ecosystems. Advances in medicine and technology have given humans the ability to increase their carrying capacity. While increasing our carrying capacity we have also decreased biodiversity around the world. We have introduced different species in new environments to help ourselves

We destroyed animal habitats, wiped out vegetation and displaced native people that depended on forests and the natural land to survive. We have become so careless of our land but we forgot we were citizens of the land in the first place. Some countries exceeded the carrying capacity and overpopulated the land. Wiping out vegetation and leading to deforestation and desertification.

Another risk factor is loss of biodiversity and massive extinction of species. This is caused by the change in ecosystem due to climate change, pollution, and invasive species (Cooney). Also, many of the species need some time or some generations to evolve and adjust to the new ecosystem. Due to the rapid change, many of the species are finding it very difficult to adjust and survive in the new ecosystem. They are losing the food source, water source, and their habitat. As a result, many species are extincting and causing a huge loss of biodiversity

• habitat change due to unnatural temperature changes in the environment (such as with global warming).

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.

This essay will respond to the central problem facing global environmental politics insofar as the resolution of such problems as global warming, the hole in the ozone layer, the loss of biodiversity, and many other transnational environmental issues rests upon some sort of consensus among extremely diverse groups. These are considered global problems not only because of their apocalyptic potential but they are also unique in that the “terrain where they occur [is] property that could be claimed by everyone or by no one. They [are] global also in that no nation [is] fortunate enough to be insulated from their effects”(Guha 139). From this worrisome background, the starting point of this essay begins with the question that Ramachandra Guha

Deforestation for agricultural purposes and the expansion of human habitats is happening around the world. This