Argumentative Essay 1 Panda Bear populations in Central China are endangered with less than 1600 pandas residing in the wild. The article, "Is Breeding Pandas in Captivity Worth It?" by Christine Dell' Amore questions the effectiveness of millions of dollars invested in breeding pandas in captivity. Pandas are attractive to the public in zoos causing people to care and contribute to the conversation cause. These conservationists try to breed pandas under pressure in captivity in effort to stabilize
culture as a metaphor about perseverance against insurmountable odds. When I read the essay “The Land Ethic”, by Aldo Leopold, I thought this pertinent to describing the current state of our conservation on the land, and where we have landed since the essay was written. I. Summary of “The Land Ethic” In 1949, Biologist, Aldo Leopold presented the public with new views on how we treat the land around us in a persuasive essay, a part of his book “A Sand County Almanac”. Coming out of the time of Gifford
have been kept in captivity for years, living very different lives to other members of the same species that live freely in the wild. For example, Dolphins in captivity are confined to the boundaries of their tank and are also regularly trained to perform for both tourism and the film industry whereas Dolphins in the wild have the whole ocean to explore and hardly any human interaction. In this essay, I am going to look at how being kept in captivity can effect Bottlenose Dolphins and also ask the
With a view to preserve the wildlife of India, particularly to take urgent steps to prevent extinction of any species, Government of India established the Indian Board of Wildlife (IBWL) in 1952, the highest body in the country established for laying down policy and issuing directives for proper management of Protected Areas. The Board has since been doing pioneering
1. Introduction Marine conservation have become an increasing global priority with Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) being widely promoted to protect and restore fisheries and to conserve biodiversity and cultural heritage. MPAs have long been acknowledged as an important tool for protecting and ensuring maintainance of functional marine resources. Surrounding large areas of coastlines with great biodiversity, MPA’s development has direct bearing and concerns to livelihoods, culture and survival of
includes: Ozone, acid rain, photochemical smog, nitrogen dioxide, sulphuric acid, these are discussed in the essay. The essay made use of material in the Open Educational Resources (OERs). The OERs are defined as any educational material found in the public domain which allows any use to freely copy, share adapt and reshape. This includes: lecturer notes, assignments, videos, textbooks. Thus this essay was written after consultation of various sources. Different secondary pollutants were identified,
Among the many threats to biodiversity; the destruction of habitats, population growth, pollution, invasive species and overexploitation, climate change is having an adverse effect on biodiversity. The link between biodiversity and climate change has been established for quite some time now. Ecosystems are already showing negative impacts under current levels of climate change. This essay will argue that climate change is a huge
answer to whether culling should be practiced or not. This essay will advance the idea that culling is inappropriate yet displaying both perspectives. Economic factors are major driving features of arguments
project which was started in 1987 in South Africa attempts to bring back an extinct mammal, Equus quagga quagga from extinction and reintroduce it back into its former habitat. Through DNA analysis it was shown that the quagga was not a separate species of the plains zebra which is common in South Africa and southern Africa including Botswana but rather a subspecies of the plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli). The extinct quagga itself formerly inhabited the Karoo and the southern free state of
Introduction With the growing number of green charities and great effort on teaching people about the environmental conservation, we are now more familiar with this topic. Many scientists contribute the weird climate and frequent natural disasters to climate change or more precisely to global warming. To make improvement on this precarious situation, many nations have got meetings to discuss how to address this big problem and finally reach an agreement to cut down on the carbon dioxide emission