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Is Biodiversity Overprotected
Is Biodiversity Overprotected? What does biodiversity mean? It is a word used to describe the variety of all life in an ecosystem in addition to the specific habitats and communities in which they live (Convention on Biological Diversity). For years, people have been going back and forth on whether the environment is overprotected or underprotected. I believe that both sides of the debate go to unnecessary extremes, but agree with those who say that biodiversity is underprotected. The movement to really start caring about the environment began back in the later 1900s, when acts and policies such as the Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 was created, which provided lists of species that could be endangered and some means of protection …show more content…
So many environmentalists want to preserve biodiversity, but they are not the ones that have to pay in order to do so—it is the landowners that are forced to upkeep and maintain their land if it is home to an animal that is on the endangered species list. These owners are angry that they have to use their money to preserve a couple of plants or animals that just happen to reside on their private property, instead of being able to just shoot it if it is being a nuisance (Ghista n.p.). If the expenses of saving these animals was shared among all people, I think landowners would be much more willing to cooperate with the environmentalists. If laws are changed and the costs of preserving are divided equally, then landowners should be able to deal with a little bit of inconvenience if it means keeping a species alive, and not directly being responsible for the levels of biodiversity …show more content…
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