Endangered species

Everyday, animals are becoming extinct throughout the world. What do you think the causes of this are? What solutions can you suggest?

            Nowadays, there are many wild animals are under threat of extinction. Although occasionally some species disappear from the Earth naturally, but the causes of this phenomenon mainly are human. We, the smartest species in the world must take responsibility for this loss.

            The most important reason is widespread deforestation. People cut down tree haphazardly, especially in developing countries. As we know, the number of species living in forests is much more than in any other habitats. Unfortunately, almost forests are belonged to poor and developing countries such as countries in South America, South Asia and Africa. These countries consider forests as one of the most important natural resources. They cut down trees to export timber to rich countries and import basic goods such as food, drugs… Because it is very difficult to these countries to escape from the cycle of poverty, so they still continue deforesting as a way to earn their living.

            The other reason is the raising of the world population. It leads to many problems. Firstly, people need more space to live or to build their houses so they invade habitats of wildlife species. Secondly, in order to supply enough food to around seven billions people, they must exhaustively exploit the nature. They hunt terrestrial animals on lands, catch fish in seas and trap birds on the sky. They do all possible manner to satisfy human needs without worrying about the stress of nature. There are many animal species becomes extinct and endangered because of human hunting.

            The development of industry also is a main reason, it connects with the raising of the world population. The more they develop industry, the more natural resources they need to operate and the more waste they discharge to the environment. So, many species, also comprising human, are suffered from toxic substances, thus the number of individuals of certain species has decreasing to levels of extinction. Industry also discharges carbon dioxide and other gases to the air. People believe that it causes two serious environmental problems called green house and climate change. These phenomena are leading to a great change of natural environment in the world. On one aspect, the temperature is gradually increasing, it makes ice on mountain and poles melt, thus the sea levels also are rising. Some coastal areas will be flooded under seawater, so species in these areas will loss their habitats and become fewer.

            What can we do to protect wildlife animals? Firstly, I think the rich countries should help the poor countries to create some nature reserves and help them develop their own economies. Countries having nature reserves can develop the tourism industry. If the life of poor people becomes better, they will not need to deforest and hunt animals in order to earn their living. Secondly, governments should improve knowledge of people about this problem through education and other mass media. Thirdly, we need to use natural resources more wisely and stop poaching.