Threat to wildlife
- Wildlife Originally used to describe undomesticated animal species, the phrase is now used to describe any plants, fungi, and other living things that naturally occur in a region without being introduced by people.
- There is wildlife in every ecosystem. Animals of various types can be found in a variety of habitats, including the most populated cities, as well as deserts, woods, rainforests, grasslands, and meadows. Even while in popular culture the term “wildlife” is typically used to refer to creatures that are unaffected by human forces, the majority of experts concur that a sizable portion of wildlife is impacted by human activities.
Wildlife-related issues:
- The IUCN now lists about 23% (1,130 species) of mammals and 12% (1,194 species) of birds as threatened.
- Our planet has lost more than 58% of its fauna since 1970, and the sixth mass extinction is currently taking place, according to several research and estimates. The 2016 Living Planet Report illustrates the horrific scope of this and other environmental catastrophes occurring around the world while also illuminating methods we might still preserve and restore what is still present. According to a study by the WWF, a biodiversity index created using data from the Zoological Society of London revealed decreases of 58 percent from 1970 to 2012 and 67 percent by 2020.
- In 1972, the Indian government passed the Wildlife Conservation Act. The United Nations Environment Program, the World Wildlife Fund, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization collaborated with the “International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources” (IUCN) to create the World Conservation Strategy in 1980. (UNESCO).
- Due to factors like shifting land use patterns, unsustainable resource use, invasive alien species, climate change, pollution, and others, global biodiversity loss is occurring more faster than natural extinction.
- Due to human land conversion, tropical forests lose most of their original habitat, with less severe losses occurring in temperate, boreal, and arctic regions.
- In metropolitan areas with northern temperate climates, the pollution from atmospheric nitrogen deposition is severe, and harmful alien species are frequently introduced as a result of human activity patterns.
Wildlife Welfare/Conservation:
- The practice of conserving wild plant and animal species as well as their environments is known as wildlife conservation.
- Numerous ecological processes, including the homeostasis of the environment, rely largely on animals.
- In addition to preserving nature for future generations to enjoy, wildlife conservation aims to raise awareness of the value of wildlife and wilderness areas for both humans and other species.
- Many countries have governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGO) devoted to wildlife conservation, and they advocate the adoption of regulations designed to safeguard wildlife.
- A variety of initiatives relating to conservation are supported by numerous independent non-profit organizations.
- The damage that human activity has done to wildlife has increased the need to protect it.
- A population of a living species that is at imminent risk of extinction because of its extremely low or declining population, or because it is endangered by shifting environmental or prepositional conditions, is considered an endangered species.
- The Wild Life (Protection) Act was passed by the Indian government in 1972.
- Many species are not shielded from being sold or over-harvested illegally, despite the fact that the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in the United States and the Convention on International Commerce in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) work to stop the international trade in wildlife.
