Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Scientists warn of mass wipe-out
One-fifth of the world’s vertebrates are facing the risk of extinction with the highest ranked risk in Southeast Asia. Luckily, it occurs at a slower pace with the conservation efforts. The core reason for the tremendous decline of the world’s mammals is the devastation of their natural habitats. Agricultural expansion, deforestation and hunting are the primary forces behind accelerating extinction rate. Scientists say that man-made destruction speed up the extinction rate by 1000 times compared to its natural rate. The IUCN said last year the world was experiencing its sixth mass extinction in history and the most recent one is the wipe out of dinosaurs. Therefore, IUCN members have discussed and mapped out a plan to bring to a halt or slow down the decline in world’s biodiversity. Captive breeding programmes and protected areas will be established as the targeted conservation efforts.
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It is really the time for us to sit down and think properly: are we human ourselves are depriving all the natural resources in an obsess manner? When are we going to wake up to face the reality that we are destroying our earth that will directly killing ourselves?It only occurs at a much slower rate if compared to the extinction of these biodiversity. Aren't we have to stop or find alternative ways since these species are sending out signals that we are going to be killed after their extinction? I sincerely hope that every individual can do their best in conserving the environment albeit only a second per day. I believe that the effort from the whole world is going to be great enough to curb this problem....
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