Wildlife & Conservation Statistics Extinction of Species • Every 20 minutes‚ the world adds another 3‚500 human lives but loses one or more entire species of animal or plant life - at least 27‚000 species per year. (Source: PBS) • At the present rates of extinction‚ as many as 20% of the world’s 7-15 million species could be gone in the next 30 years. This rate of extinction has been unprecedented since the disappearance of dinosaurs 65 million years ago (Source: WWF). Habitat Destruction (Source:
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The importance of conservation to wildlife. 1st November 2013 Contents 1 Introduction This report is being wrote to give some reasoning on why wildlife conservation matters and is important. The meaning of conservation is the protection‚ preservation‚ management‚ or restoration of wildlife and of natural resources such as forests‚ soil‚ and water (The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language‚ 2000). Human efforts are to prevent the loss of
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australian wildlife matters wildlife c o ns erv an cy Summer 2009/10 Delivering effective conservation for Australia’s wildlife 2 australian saving australia’s threatened wildlife wildlife Pictograph Welcome to our Summer 2009/10 edition of Wildlife Matters. 2009 has been an immensely challenging year for most organisations. One measure of the nation’s wealth – our sharemarket – started the year in steep decline before turning a corner in March. The relatively
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Wildlife conservation efforts in India The Wildlife in India is a mix of species of different types of organisms. Apart from a handful of the major farm animals such as cows‚ buffaloes‚ goats‚ poultry and sheep‚ India has an amazingly wide variety of animals native to the country. It is home to tigers‚lions‚Leopards‚ pythons‚ wolves‚ foxes‚ bears‚ crocodiles‚ rhinoceroses‚ camels‚ wild dogs‚monkeys‚ snakes‚ antelope species‚ deer species‚ varieties of bison and not to mention the mighty Asian
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even if bred‚hatched or born in captivity are considered wild animals. India has many unique and rare animals‚birds and reptiles.However the pressure of growing population in various states of India has led to the increasing need of using land for human habitations and agriculture.This has led to the reduced habitat of many wild animals.Even though India is known for its tigers‚elephants and rhinoceros‚it is home to over 500 mammal species.Antelopes and deer(like the chinkaras‚ barasinghas‚ chitals
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improve wildlife conservation on campus. After observing 12 different stops on a three-mile long trip of Putah Creek‚ the average score I calculated as part of the university’s sustainability program is 1.83 on a scale of zero to three. This is a score that I expected from a university dedicated to sustainability and conservation‚ but there is room for improvement. In order to improve this score and balance high/low scores the university should have some areas reserved strictly for wildlife conservation
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Wildlife Conservation Zeyang Du ELP 600 Robyn Conners 04/22/2013 Wildlife Conservation Wildlife conservation is the most important things in the world. And people have made a lot of progress in this field. In wildlife conservation‚ people try their best to protect endangered plants and animals‚ as well as their habitats. The purpose is to make sure that future generations will have enough space to survive and develop well. Countries all over the world have different agencies for wildlife
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Meaning of Conservation Conservation is the act of using and protecting resources properly. Catching animals‚ throwing garbage‚ and using and harnessing the different resources should all adhere to the proper way of conservation.\ Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants‚ animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet‚ and has a major impact on the environment‚ both positive and negative. Wildlife can be
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signification part of the extract compares the young‚ for healthy men as perceived by society to cattle who are being slaughtered in great masses as alluded to in the “passing-bells” which are used in funerals to signify the death of a person. The lack of human dignity in this extract further encumbers the idea that the desolation‚ inhumane act of war had stripped the soldiers of their burial rights and is now being viewed as commodities of war‚ reinforcing the central idea of the poem to the reader being
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of Urban Sprawl on Wildlife Imagine yourself driving down the street in the middle of your suburban neighborhood and all of a sudden a deer jumps out in front of your vehicle causing you to slam on the brakes. You sit in your car wondering why there was an animal in the middle of you neighborhood. You should ask yourself: Is urban sprawl effecting our wildlife? Urban sprawl is definitely effecting our wildlife‚ but many species are learning to adapt to living so close to humans. As I began
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