Friday, May 14, 2010

Why should we preserve our wildlife?

Biodiversity.





Biodiversity refers to the incredible variety of life found in our planet. In the book Biodiversity II, Edward O. Wilson defines biodiversity as: ';all hereditarily based variations at all levels of organization, from the genes within a single local population or species, to the species composing all or part of a local community, and finally to the communities themselves that compose the living parts of the multifarious ecosystems of the world.'; Life on earth is so diverse that we really have no idea how many species there are. Estimates range between 5 million and 30 million, but some biologists believe the figure may be as high as 100 million. Biodiversity is central to our existence. We derive much of the food we eat from species that were once wild, and we continue to rely on wild species to genetically improve domestic varieties of corn, tomatoes, and other food staples. We also use plants and animals found in natural ecosystems to develop new drugs for the treatment of various diseases. In addition, biodiversity provides us with many ammenities, such as bird-watching, ecotourism, fishing, and others. Despite the value of biodiversity to humans, we are currently destroying natural ecosystems at such a rate that many biologists fear that in a few decades we will cause an unprecedented number of extinctions. We are so far from cataloguing the diversity of life on Earth that an unknown number of animals and plants will become extinct and we'll never know what we lost. This is especially true of tropical forests and coral reefs, which we are losing particularly fast. These ecosystems are mostly in developing countries, which face many important challenges related to high debt burdens, poverty, social inequality, and population growth. Despite the grim outlook in some areas, there are many ongoing efforts to help preserve our natural heritage. Below you will find essays related to biodiversity, links to web sites with lots of information about what you can do to help save biodiversity, and some really good references if you want to read more about this subject.





';This Cosmos, so marvelous to those with eyes to see, is reduced to dullness by a blind and egotistical preoccupation with material things. Soon the horse and pig on the one hand, and wheat and potatoes on the other, will replace all these hundreds, these thousands of creatures - animal and vegetable - that God has created to live among us....They have the right to life and we annihilate them and brutally make existence impossible for them....It is unbelievable that the Creator could have placed so many diverse organisms on the earth, each one so admirable in its sphere, so perfect in its role, only to permit man, his masterpiece, to destroy them forever.';


P猫re Armand David


1875Why should we preserve our wildlife?
I only hope more people will read Edward O. Wilson and listen to what the man has to say. thanks for the votes.

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Why should we preserve our wildlife?
it is right for the earth
Smoked game tastes better and lasts longer.
for food later
We preserve it so that the earths ecosystem doesn't get disrupted.
For future hunting
If we don't, all kinds of disasters to our eco system could result.


Don't look to our pres. He doesn't what a science book is.
Use Ur Head Dummy.... So Our Resources Dont Run Out And To Protect The Wildlife Around it
If our wildlife can flourish on the planet, so can we.
very important, these are the only thing next to nature that we can share as a ';treasure'; to the future generations for them to see and conquer.(';,)
Because of the circle of life.
To allow wildlife to live long enough for our children, grandchildren, and future generations to see them!
cuz they taste like chicken.
Because sayings like, ';where the bear sh*ts'; wouldn't make sense otherwise.


(and also to eat them)
definately

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