Wildlife Conservation and Biodiversity

Wildlife refers to all living organisms in their natural habitat, not including plants and animals introduced by humans into the habitat. Wildlife conservation is the preservation, and restoration of organisms in the earth’s natural ecosystems. The conservation of wild life is an important environmental issue because wild life is necessary to maintain balance in capture, and food chain and nature cycles. If wild life were not preserved, the earth would suffer a loss of biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety of species within an ecosystem. Without this variety, ecosystems would not be able to maintain themselves. The loss of one species can ruin an entire ecosystem. The lack of conservation not only has negative effects on the environment, but the well-being of humans as well.
Wildlife conservation is crucial to maintaining the balanced biodiversity of the earth. The activities that contribute to the loss of biodiversity currently taking place in the earth can all be contributed to the existence, and progression of the human race. The earth‘s loss of biodiversity can be contributed to three major ideas; the increase in the human population, increased use of finite resources, and increase of pollution. Activities like lack of safe sex education, inadequate use of green technologies, and improper waste disposal are what lead to the prior ideas. These activities in turn lead to the extinction of species, degradation of habitats, and the overall destruction of the ecological balance. Conservational practices such as the use of green technologies, being conscientious of one’s impact on the environment, and living a sustainable lifestyle can help in preventing, and reversing the loss of biodiversity. Overall, controlling human development to ensure that it does not interfere with the natural processes of the earth.
The advantages of wildlife conservation are the maintenance of ecosystems, diversity of species, and being able to live in a naturally beautiful earth. The disadvantages of wildlife conservation are the limits it puts on development; restricting construction of houses, limiting the gathering of natural resources, etc. While as a whole Wildlife conservation is positive, the negative ways it affects human’s lifestyle keep many individuals from participating in it. Another con is that in wildlife conservation, the public tends to favor certain plant or animal species over others. This could do more harm than good, because focusing on one type of species has the potential to be disadvantageous for the environment rather than beneficial.
The major advantage of biodiversity is that its maintenance results in a healthy planet. A healthy planet has a greater diversity of thriving flora and fauna species, increasing the survival rate of human, animals, and vegetation during the earth’s changing conditions. Biodiversity also benefits agriculture, science, medicine. It helps to improve crops, predict natural disasters, and develop medicine. Biodiversity also provides ecosystem services, such as maintain a stable atmosphere, and water purification. With this in mind, it is hard to believe that there are cons concerning the topic of biodiversity. One con of biodiversity is that it includes pests, and some species that have unknown uses. Also, it is expensive to conserve the environment and prevent the endangerment of species from extinction.
With the growing human population, greater strain is put on the earth’s natural resources. This strain makes other species vulnerable to loss of biodiversity and natural habitat. The conservation of the species and resources ensures the extended health of earth. Also, the diversity of the species helps to keep the earth balanced. A healthier and balanced earth can only be maintained through the conservation of the earth’s wildlife, and biodiversity.