The article i recently read called "Habitat Loss and Degradation" by Michael Evans, changed my view on how serious deforestation and pollution is to the world. According to the article, "Habitat loss is possibly the greatest threat to the natural world". This "habitat loss" is the result of humans cutting down trees to make room for agriculture, homes, roads, and pipelines. This does not benefit the organisms who once lived in the environment in any way. Not only is deforestation a problem, but the chemicals and pesticides used in the process of cutting down trees are also hurting the environment. For example, dredging ship channels take the toxic substances and the left over debris and dump them into marshes. This will then affect marine organisms, and set off a chain reaction to the next trophic level, and so on. These two processes are what is turning extant species, into extinct species.
Before I read this article i didn't think deforestation and pollution would affect my generation and multiple generations to come. Little did I know, "120 out of the 160 living primate species will be extinct in the next 10-20 years." This relates to the movie we recently watched in Biology Class called "The Lorax". The onceler (in this situation, tree cutters) is cutting down the forest so he can manufacture clothing to make money for himself. The result of this is the brown bar-ba-loots have to leave the forest and migrate somewhere else because their habitat is being removed from them. Also, the machines used to cut down the trees cause air pollution and the remaining trash and chemicals are dumped in the water. This results with the fish having to leave their habitat as well. It's the same situation with the forests in the world that are getting cut down for humans, but at the same time are killing other organisms.
I liked how you compared the tree cuts and the animals to the Lorax. I agree with that these trees are making extant animals into extinct species. This opened my eyes about current environmental issues. Good Job on this article!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about how you compared the habitat loss to “The Lorax.” I agree because destroying the environment where so many organisms have been breeding and living for years and years, and when the Onceler came and destroyed there environment they became extinct and left forever. Also I did not know that "120 out of the 160 living primate species will be extinct in the next 10-20 years." And made me angry with how this is being handled.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely with you that this is exactly like the Lorax movie we watched in class. It just shows you even more that this is a serious problem on our planet. People are cutting down so many trees just to make their house look pretty while meanwhile our wildlife is going extinct because we're taking away their habitat just so we can have the next best thing. People don't understand that this is a serious problem that needs to stop because a lot of animals are going to die out before the next generation can witness them. I really liked the article that you picked.
ReplyDeleteI think that you did a magnificent job of relating this article and issue to "The Lorax." I am shocked by the statistic that 120 out of 160 primate species will be extinct in the next 10-20 years. One thing i was wondering about this article was that I didn't know what country you were talking about. To me it doesn't seem like the USA because i don't think we have that many primates here. Is it in Asia and Africa? Overall this is a very interesting topic and a great article.
ReplyDeleteI also didnt think that deforestation would affect our generation either and didnt know that 120 out of 160 primates will be extinct in 10-20 years. I think if more people knew about this they would be less lickely to cut down trees. Also i liked how you related the article to the lorax. But like the cartoon our forst could be all cut down too and kill many animals.
ReplyDeleteConnor, like you said, I did not know that deforestation would have such a big impact on our generation and future generations. It is sad to hear that an estimated 120 out of 160 primate species will be extinct in the next 10 to 20 years. I learned many new things from your post and I like how you related the article you read to the Lorax.
ReplyDeleteI always knew deforestation would be a problem, but I never knew so soon. I like how you used the quote about how few primate species would be alive in the next 10-20 to prove this point. I also liked how you compared the tree cutters to the once-over. I now think that deforestation is a much bigger problem than I might have previously thought, an know that it is important for people to know these things, or the quote you used might be true.
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