Pascua, Francis Augustus A. ___________________________________________________April 21, 2015
ENG 2 V-4R____________________________________________________________________LRP Draft
The crucial role of the Philippine government on wildlife conservation
Thesis Statement: The Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act (R.A. 9174) of the Philippines should be prioritized and reinstated because of its failure to serve its purpose in the past, its ability to lessen the rising human-caused extinction rates, and its possible influence in restoring and promoting action regarding wildlife conservation.
The loss of biodiversity and wildlife is becoming a larger problem every year yet most people disregard it and its consequences. Wildlife plays a big part in maintaining environmental support to human life--serving as a source of food, contributing to agriculture, aiding in medical research, and many more. The continued erosion of ecosystem and species diversity threatens the progress to a sustainable society and lessens the chances of stable environmental conditions in the future. As the effects of human actions become more damaging to the environment and the situation of wildlife worsens, the government must step up and introduce national policies for conservation.
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9147 would be enforced properly, Philippine wildlife conservation may become more successful. The policy itself does not require modifications. It is in the process of following its objectives that begs for reform. The government may start by changing current policies that allow and invite the misuse of wildlife and other environmental resources. Aside from formulating environmental policies for conservation, the government should also consider altering policies that motivate citizens to exploit the environment. Such policies are those which promote over-exploitation of forests, damaging habitats for the purpose of urbanization, and the overuse of natural resources (Reid, Barber & Miller,
The number of wild animals on Earth has halved in the past 40 years . Creatures across the land, rivers, and the seas are destroyed as humans killed them for food in unsuitable numbers, while polluting or destroying their habitats.
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
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However, the author of “Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years,” states, “We have lost half of the animal population and knowing this is driven by human consumption, this is clearly a call to arms and we must act now… The earth must be protected from development and deforestation, while food and energy have to be produced sustainably” (Damian Carrington). The population of animals has decreased for many reasons that all point back to favoring industries rather
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For to long the world has ignored China's Speciesism and it's repugnant miscynist citizens living inside and outside this vile country
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Anthony Douglas William once said, “When we lose an animal to extinction, we lose part of our family.” The NWF ( National Wildlife Federation) is an organization which has been restoring animals and protecting natural resources since 1936. The reason the NWF is trying to slow down the sixth extinction is because of the population decline of land animals by 39% in the last few years. The main factors contributing to the decrease of wildlife is habitat destruction, invasive species, pollution, population, over harvesting, and global warming. The conservation of wildlife is important and needs to be dealt with because it’s the only way for humanity to survive and it provides us with medicines along
How does the governmental transfer of power impacts wildlife and the workforces that conserve and protect wildlife? The United States government is constantly rotating officials in control of regulating previous and developing laws, forming future concepts and regulations on various assemblies, and striving to improve the lives of the American citizens. However, the ever changing governmental powers may cause a positive or negative impact on wildlife conservation and policy, due to varying opinions of the governmental officials formerly in command, contrasted with the present government officials in power. This may develop contrasting concepts on former, future, and present laws within the Environmental Protection Agency, United States
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