12/09/2022
Environmental Concerns
From pollution and deforestation to global warming and habitat loss, our environment’s health is looking increasingly grim as the years go by—but all is not yet lost. We can still turn things around if we make a serious commitment to changing our habits and investing in sustainability.
Wildlife Conservation
Focusing our efforts on wildlife conservation is more pressing than ever. Due to an unfortunate confluence of factors—like habitat loss, invasive predatory species, and disease—wildlife populations have declined at a rate 1000 to 10,000 times faster than what would be expected without human impact. Indeed, 99% of the current at-risk species are directly threatened by human activity.[1]
Wildlife conservation is vital to our ecosystems to preserve our planet’s biodiversity, the variety of life found in a given ecosystem. Every species native to a specific ecosystem has a specific job to do, no matter how small. Biodiversity ensures survival across species, from animal, to plant, and even insects.[2] Consider bees. Population collapse of bee colonies around the world imperils not only insect biodiversity, but as pollinators, bees also ensure the survival of thousands of flowering plants and the animals that consume them—including humans.
