In many parts of the world, animals and plants has seen disappeared at an alarming rate. There are many causes leading to this problem, but overall, habitat destruction and overexploitation are considered the key driver. This essay will give out explanation for the two causes before possible solutions are given.
Habitat destruction has cause a huge loss to the number of species, in which, human activities are believed the main contributor to this decline. Due to overpopulation, the demand for fond, housing and land are rising rapidly, resulting in deforestation, cultivation of land for building new accommodations and farms. Since then, the natural habitat of animals and plant species, including forests, jungles which are felled to make way for apartments and industrial areas. Many rivers are, also, contaminated as factories dump harmful waste into them, leaving a detrimental impact on marine lives. Therefore, a great ideal animals and plants have died out and the overall number of them decrease.
In addition, overexploitation do have negative effect on animals and plants. People belived that some parts of animals’ bodies are a helpful and effective cure for diseases, thus, they are hunted for their fur, meat by poachers. For instance, rhinos are often killed for insta their horns, or plants are collected to be sold in markets. This has caused a massive decline in the number of species around the world.
In conclusion, there are still ways to solve this solve this problem, By give heavy five to poachers, they will be scared of hunting illegally for rare animals and plants.