As a student, what have you done to
protect our environment? Do you know why we need to conserve our wildlife? We must make a conscious effort to conserve
the world's plants and animals. Plants are essential for our own survival.
Plants use the sun's energy to make food—a process called photosynthesis.
Therefore plants are the first
important link in the food chain of which humans also form a part. During
photosynthesis, oxygen is released and oxygen is vital for the existence of
life itself.
Animals need plants in order to
survive, but plants also need animals. Animals and plants are therefore
delicately bound together. The removal of even one species of animal/plant can
drastically alter the ecosystem. Isn't this frightening?
Our own survival may be threatened
if we cause too much disruption to the natural processes that occur on this
Earth. Destruction of rain forests, for example, has reduced the local
rainfall. A further reduction in rainfall will increase desert areas.
We need to preserve our wildlife as
well. We use many plants and animals to supply us with food, materials,
chemicals, etc. If we continue to exploit these species to a point where they
cannot replenish themselves, they will no longer be available to us.
Gradually if we manage to destroy
most of the world's animals and plants, the Earth will become barren. For a
moment, let us stop being selfish. Do we have the right to destroy animals and
plants which have as much right as us, humans, to share this planet?
All life on Earth, be it humans,
animals or plants, is the product of millions of years of evolution. This tiny
planet is the only one we know of on which life exists. Therefore, we need to
learn to co-exist with the species which have evolved with us, and take active
steps to ensure their survival.
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