...Can endangered species of the world rely on the international law for their safety? Discuss This essay will attempt to discuss how the international law protects endangered species of the world. Using academic commentary and legislation it will also review the ethical, philosophical, economical and moral aspects of this area of law. The essay will also draw attention to the current issue, which has been a controversy in the preservation of endangered species of the world, but will particularly pay more attention to the protection of whales. Ever since the days of illustrious philosophers such Plato, Aristotle, Descartes to the modern scientists there has been a lengthy wait in fighting for laws and acts to protect animals in keeping them in good health and their populations high in numbers. Long ago, most animals became extinct because of natural events, like earthquakes or volcano eruptions. Climatic changes were also a threat i.e. like the ‘beginning of the Ice Age which also led to the disappearance of certain species’ . Today, animals are in danger mostly because of human beings. In the 17th century Descartes and Plato both portraying animals as mere objects, held that ‘animals have no conscience and humans should have no moral obligation’ towards them. However, through the advancement of technology and science Charles Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, bringing new developments and protection to endangered species, with his effort in his work there...
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...I Believe Essay Expressing my creativity gives me a feeling of being alive and beautiful. Growing up I had a passion for fashion. I use to write stories about Tiny. As I got older, I started to write more realistic articles about fashion and I’d interview people about fashion. The creativity got stronger in my art collects and my ideas about fashion got stronger. I believe expressing my creativity is great way for me to show my genius creations. In 2007 when I was in third grade the art teacher, Mrs.Rother, had entered us in a contest about endangered species. The Endangered Species contest consisted of all of us drawing a postcard about an endangered species like an animal or a plant. I think there were four winners out of this. I remembered Mrs. Rother explained to us about this contest, it had an individual drawn picture on a postcard of an endangered species. Right of the bat I cried because I hated drawing. I put a lot of pressure on myself, I really wanted to win and do a good job. One of the endangered species was a Nuttall Oak leaf. I like leafs and flowers so I decided to do this leaf. I started tracing the leaf which turned out really big and the stems were crooked. However, I erased it and started over. My idea for this leaf was to combine colors you would see on a leaf and colors you might not see on a leaf together and make the colors heavy using colored pencils. Once I got done with my leaf I waited for the results. The announcements came on for the finalists...
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...Around the world there are thousands of different animals. Some of them are very dangerous, some become endangered species. Endangered species means a type of animal that will likely become extinct. Extinction of animals is a dangerous problem impacting on our life in the long term, so we must protect them because they are part of our life system. We can do many things to protect endangered species; for example, saving wildlife habitat and joining a conservation organization. Although there is many ways to protect the animals, the most important way is how we ensure our next generation plays a strong role in this issue, which I will discuss below. As teachers and parents we have to encourage our students to protect the animals. We can make a trip to a zoo or start a research project to explain to our students why we have to save the animals by showing a specific example, such as the tiger. Then, we need to give them statistics to demonstrate the threat to tiger populations. According to National Geographic writer Caroline Alexander (2014) In Asia’s 13 tiger countries, there are less than 4000 tigers dispersed among them. (Alexander 2014). Although the author traveled to many tiger habitats in Asia, like remote forests, tropical woodlands and mangrove swamps, she never saw a tiger because of the animal’s “legendarily secretive nature”. However, the other reason for not see tigers is that tiger landscapes don't have many tigers (Alexander, 2014). Also, she said that people who...
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...World Wildlife Fund Essay Outline I. Introduction [Intro] a. San Diego Zoo panda cancer story b. Gao Gao c. developed a plan for reducing human activities in habitat areas, conserving the bamboo forests, and maintaining captive populations of pandas d. In order to remain balance in our world between human and animal, the World Wildlife Fund is dedicated to protecting the world's wildlife and wild lands II. Well over 200,000 plants and animals in the United States are listed as threatened or endangered [Scale: 1-200,000] a. At least 10,000 out of 1,000,000 species go extinct each year b. 5689 endangered species in US, 1343 endangered species globally c. 1/10 species go extinct each year III. WWF raise’s millions towards protecting species, habitats, and communities [Fundraising] a. Panda Nation is the significant method of fundraising b. Earth Day Clean Up a. 1. Ongoing for the past 11 years and continues this year b. 2. On April 22 staff members from WWF and science students at the Francis-Stevens Education Campus help clean the school grounds and plant new gardens c. Revenue last year reach about $266.3 million c. Funding provides giant pandas with an increase in legally patrolled habitat area, patrolling against poaching, illegal logging, and encroachment, and continued research/monitoring d. Like giant pandas, tigers receive benefits from this funding, by directing these funds towards building...
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...In October of 2016, for the first time in the United States, some species of bees were placed on the endangered species list. The U.S. agriculture industry needs these bees to produce food, fiber, and shelter. Should we focus more on measures to protect bees so that they do not become extinct, or should we focus more on keeping up the food supply without them? Take a position on this question and write an essay in which you argue for your position. Be sure to provide reasons for your position and evidence to support your reasons. Bees basically provide our food source, without bees we will not be able to get the food, fibers or shelter. In October of 2016, some species of land bees in the United States were put on the endangered list for the first time in U.S history. We can not keep up the food supply without bees. We need to be doing everything in our power to bring back up the population of bees in the United States before they are gone forever....
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...Noah Tiedemann 8-19-15 7th Endangered Species The Amur Leopard Have you ever had a leopard-skin coat, or purse? You know, generally orange fur with black spots? It?s stereotypically worn by regular connoisseurs of lust and debauchery. Hopefully you haven?t. It makes me cringe whenever I see one for sale or being worn by some ignorant bimbo. I just don?t see the appeal. Nevertheless, it?s a profitable business, and humanity is greedy, ignorant, and occasionally sociopathic; thus, the Amur Leopards are a highly endangered species. The Amur Leopard specifically is in especially dire straits, with their species only having around 60 remaining individuals, excluding those in captivity. Contrary to the norm for leopard habitats, this species resides...
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...ROMEL Z. MARTINEZ DR. FE PORCIUNCULA EM 803 (Environmental Ethics and Values) August 5, 2013 A Critique on “Why Should the World Care About the Environment In Places like Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Rwanda?” By Sammy Stein Mozambique is considered the watering well of Africa. Now, it has rivers that have withered and lands that are infertile. Zimbabwe is once believed to be the bread basket of the world. Now, its fertile soil along with the magnificent assortment of plants and animals is shattered due to incompetent practice. Rwanda is thought to have hazy mountain rain forests which are beneficial for mountain gorillas that dwell on them. Now, these gorillas are endangered because of illegal hunting. People seem to think that nature’s wonders and resources are so abundant that their existence would last a lifetime. Anyone who thinks like this can be deemed as immature. This kind of thinking is just unacceptable. The wellbeing of every country has an effect on the wellbeing of the whole planet like the way a few harmful cells can contaminate the whole condition of the human body. This is what the article generally talked about. It further supposed that if we want the world to continue its natural course then we should be mindful of the harmful effects of what we do to the surroundings not just in places like Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Rwanda but also in other places as they are all equally significant. What we do...
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...Betty Kuo Alex Giardino EWRT 1A 16 March 2015 Animals Are Struggling To Survive Imagine what our lives be like if the majority of species disappeared tomorrow. Five major animal extinctions have happened on Earth. These five major mass extinctions caused at least twenty to forty percent of species on Earth to go to extinct (Endangered Species). Signs now show a sixth extinction, mass extinction of animals, is happening. There are some important factors that contribute to mass extinction; they are habitat destruction, pollution, and population. The world is losing about 975 animal species that include reptiles, invertebrates, mammals, birds, and fishes (Animal Time). Habitat destruction as a result of profiteering, pesticides, and overpopulation are key factors leading to the sixth mass extinction. People destroy animals’ habitat to fulfill human profits, which forces the animals to leave their habitats. Leopold describes humans’ values in his essay when he talks about, “[People] did not include soil, plants, or birds in their ideas of mutuality. The dividends of such a balanced economy were too modest. They envisaged farms not only around, but in the marsh. An epidemic of ditch-digging and land-booming set in.” (Leopold 269). From Leopold’s study, it shows that humans are selfish that they only see the economic values of land. People tend to think the possibilities of how much money they will be able to make and ignore other animals that are sharing the same piece of...
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...Zoo animals and their rights, which was always debatable, has now become more controversial. The substantial influence of zoos and their treatment with animals has sparked the controversy over the potential impact of this trend on the integral part of people in recent years. It can be agreed that upside of this argument is instrumental indeed. However, it has some drawbacks as well. This essay will elaborate whether zoos should be banned or not and will lead to the logical conclusion. At the outset, there are numerous reasons why zoos are important and should not be prohibited, is unreservedly salient, but the most conspicuous one lies the fact that zoos help the animals to provide them good food and vaccination on time which enhances their...
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...administrative agencies considered reasonable? And finally, How is the general public protected from harassment by administrative agencies? Question 3: What is the United Nation’s Biosafety Protocol for genetically altered food? Give an account of the regulation of medicinal devices in the United States? What are the powers of the Consumer Product Safety Commission? Name some consumer products excluded from the purview of CPSC. Question 4: Describe the purpose and requirements of an EIS? Give an account of state environmental protection laws. Explain the nature and enforcement of the NAAQS? Describe any two legislations that have been implemented to minimize the damage caused by oil spills. How are endangered species protected in the United States? Name three laws that protect wildlife species. Question 5: Give an account of the Noerr doctrine. How is a...
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...2 April 2014 Critical Studies- Exploration of a Local Environmental issue By -Danielle de Kock 12-012751 With our ever increasing population rate, so comes with it an increase in the damage we are inflicting on our planet. Often we hear of concerning environmental issues that are happening around us, but how much do we know and understand about these issues? Because these issues affect us and our future generations directly, it really is in our own best interest to ensure that we are fully informed and also that the sources that we receive information from are accepted in a critical manner. In this essay it is my intention to highlight one of the many environmental issues we are currently facing, to view it both locally and globally, and to critically analyse both sides of the argument presented. Furthermore, to view how social environments are directly affected by the issue and to look at a media campaign that it relates to it considering constructionism, claims making and framing. And then to conclude, having viewed all points, what my new (if at all different) assumptions are. Hunting, to survive, has been a part of human culture for centuries, in the past it has been a necessary tool and skill, however, today most people live in a world where it is no longer a required in order to provide basic needs to our families. Trophy hunting, as a sport, can be dated as far back to the early 1800s in southern and central Europe. Hunters would kill game for the sole purpose of...
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...Amit Gorajia March 7, 2014 Our Diverse Biosphere Essay 2 Adapt or Perish Scientific studies show that the increase in temperature is responsible for roughly half of the total amount the sea level has risen in the past century. This raised concern for certain coastal regions that may have to endure more natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes. However, humans are not the only species that are affected by the increasing in temperature. One species that may be potentially affected greatly are sea turtles, species such as the loggerhead, leatherback, green turtles and a few others. Recent studies have shown that the increasing temperatures maybe threatening the stability of this ancient creature. Sea Turtles have been on Earth for roughly 240 million years, with fossils dating back to late Jurassic period (Neaq). Over a span of millions of years turtles have experienced serious environmental fluctuations, from the breaking up of PANGEA to major sea level rising of one hundred meters to the blistering cold Ice Ages (Neaq). The key to their survival lies in thier ability to continuously find a stabilized habitat to leave their eggs during incubation (Education-portal). Turtles commonly have a slow growth rate, this trait is an advantage for a turtle because over the years it becomes wiser learning how to adapt and cope with changes. During nesting season female turtles travel miles in search for a stabilized beach where weather conditions are ideal and safe from predators...
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...Name English 101 Professor Date Winging It Essay Spotted Owls in Alberton are refusing to move from their home that is being replaced by a shopping mall. The town has many people that are helping the owls to keep their home while others are fighting to destroy it. There are many logos in this passage, most of it coming from the logic of the people who want to destroy the owls habitat. The author states that “ barley enough taxes can be raised to pay for things like road repair and schools.” Stating that appeals to the logical need to take out the land and have a mall to bring more people to the town. Another logos the author says about, is that the people of Alberton have to drive over 90 miles to make it to a mall. So having a mall in town would make since because then they wouldn’t have to drive to get to a mall. The pathos of this story are mainly to appeal to the emotion of the readers to safe the owls. The author tells of how they don’t want to cut down the animal’s home, they simply want to move them to another spot. The ethos of this paragraph would be mainly just the CDC discussing the main problem of them paying $250 million dollars. Especially by Citing the Endangered species act. In the end this article has many different parts of it from pathos to logos to ethos. It is a really good article in getting the reader to appeal to many different aspects of the pathos logos, and...
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...------------------------------------------------- Examine two ways in which plastic bags contribute to environmental damage. ------------------------------------------------- eassy Wesley lam Module Code | FC501-2T | Group | Group A | Module Title | Skills for Study 1 Assessment | Type | Essay Assignment | Title | Examine two ways in which plastic bags contribute to environmental damage. | Tutor Name | Tatiana Wood | Student ID Number | T0022045 | Date of Submission | 28 Feb 2014 | Word Count | | Examine two ways in which plastic bags contribute to environmental damage. We are surrounding by plastic. Think about every piece you touch in a single day: shopping bags, plastic cups, drink bottles. Plastic may be very convenient, but it is also harmful in many ways to environment. There are so many ways to damage environment such as general waste, plastic bags and pollution. Ultimately, plastic bags are the major issue of causing environmental problems since it is generating pollution according burning plastic bags would generate air pollution, and throwing rubbishes and general waste in the ocean would damage the living things in the sea. According to above statement, millions of generate waste are generating each day causing tons of waste which contribute to environmental damage. As a result, this will lead to damage to living things and animals, as burning plastic bags will generate the harmful air pollution. Also, the place where is locating...
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...Time and time again, debates have emerged about the origin of primates and human beings since their physical and some psychological aspects are somehow similar. Primates have over time become a major area for research and curiosity due to this reason. Numerous reports and journals have been written over time to try and explain and understand the biology and behavior of these human-like primates. This essay in particular seeks to bring to the light the biology and behavior of the mountain gorilla, and by the end also attempt to show the reasons and attempts to conserve this critically endangered species of primates. The mountain gorilla is considered one of the biggest primates in terms of physical attributes. The classification of this type of gorilla is very direct. Under the kingdom Animalia, the taxonomy flows to phylum Chordata, then subphylum Vertebrata, then class Mammalia and then its specific order Primates. The family is Hominidae, which is the same family as human beings, thus explaining the similarity in some attributes. This family also houses the chimpanzees and orangutans. The Hominidae are characterized by the existence of thumbs and also relatively big toes, of course excluding human beings. Further, they have well developed forearms for holding things and relatively longer legs for locomotion. More often than not, this family is confused with the family Hylobatidae which houses the apes and gibbons. However, the distinctive difference is the fact that Hominidae...
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