LET’S INITIATE!

1. What species are likely to go extinct, largely as a result of human activities, during this century?
I believe the species that likely to go become extinct is the Giant Panda because they are
becoming endangered species and their numbers are declined because of human activities like
habitat destruction.
2. What is the greatest threat to wild species?
I believe that habitat destruction is the greatest threat to wild species because human
populations are expanding and they are destroying and degrading ecosystems, using vast amounts
of resources, and leaving massive and growing ecological footprints.
3. Explain how saving other species and the ecosystem services they provide can help us to save
our own species and our cultures and economies.
Saving species ensures that future generations will be able to enjoy species biodiversity.
Saving species also helps our economy by preserving what drives it. At the very least, economic
and ecosystem services allow us to have working natural capital and ecosystem services right now.
With the extinction of each species, fewer natural capital and ecosystem services are lost, resulting
in a biologically impoverished planet. At the most extreme, these ecosystems eventually provide
us with clean air, fresh water, food, and medications. Our species' survival is no longer possible if
species and ecological benefits are destroyed.
LET’S INQUIRE!
1. How might your lifestyle change if human activities were to contribute to the extinction of 25–
50% of the world’s identified species during this century? How might this affect the lives of any
children or grandchildren you eventually might have? List two aspects of your lifestyle that
contribute to this threat to the earth’s natural capital.
We, as one of the species of the earth's terrestrial ecosystem, are dependent with all of the
ecosystem's biotic and abiotic sources. Nature provides us with a variety of food, medicines, and
clean air and water. With the loss of numerous species, there will be a reduction in/or scarcity of
natural resources, which will become one of the limiting factors. When numerous species become
extinct, there will be a scarcity of fresh water, oxygen, and plant and animal resources as a result
of the loss of many interdependent species. Under the above-mentioned pressures, the sustainable
living of our future generations, such as our children and grandkids, will become mysterious or
uncertain. The term "natural capital" refers to "soil, water, air, and all living creatures on the
planet." This natural capital capital will provide all services to humans. This natural capital is one
of the earth's ecosystem's interdependent moieties. If 25-50 percent of species become extinct, the
natural capital will begin to be depleted/damaged, posing a challenge to the sustainability of the
current and future generations.
2. Do you accept the ethical position that each species has the inherent right to survive without
human interference, regardless of whether it serves any useful purpose for humans? Explain.
Would you extend this right to the Anopheles mosquito, which transmits malaria, and to harmful
infectious bacteria? Explain. If your answer is no, where would you draw the line?
Yes, I believe that every species has an inherent right to live, regardless of whether they
are valuable to people or not. Every species is tied to and linked to the ecosystem through a food
chain. All species are part of a food web, which is critical to the ecosystem's survival. The
disappearance of any one species from the ecosystem will thus have an impact on the connected
food chain/web, disrupting the ecosystem's balance.
No. This privilege would not be extended to the Anopheles mosquito, in my opinion. The
reason for this is because, despite the fact that this species is responsible for the pain and death of
many individuals all over the planet. As a result, if this species' population is not controlled, it may
represent a greater threat to the human population's subsistence. However, it is equally vital to
avoid eliminating this species entirely from the environment. As a result, we should draw the
boundary by limiting its population to a restricted number of people and slowing its population
increase. This can be accomplished by introducing sterile mosquitoes of the same species into
places where these species are abundant. In the long run, the sterile species will serve to restrain
and limit population growth.
LET’S INFER!
Activity. Do some research on the Internet on wildlife management plans, and then develop a
simple management plan for restoring the habitats and species you have studied. Try to determine
whether trade-offs are necessary with regard to the human activities you have observed, and
account for these trade-offs in your management plan.

WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR RESTORING THE HABITATS AND SPECIES.

The goal of this management plan is to concentrate on recovering habitats and species. The
actions taken to ensure the survival of viable populations are at the heart of targeted in situ
conservation of species and are known as species management, action, conservation, or recovery
plans, depending on the degree of intervention required, which will, in turn, reflect the
conservation status of the species concerned. For species that are not currently threatened or have
a low chance of extinction, little conservation effort is likely to be required other than monitoring
their habitat and populations in order to take appropriate action if the situation worsens. A species
conservation or action plan will not generally be recommended unless the species is deemed to be
of such high importance for other reasons that, for example, the establishment of a reserve for it is
warranted.
Given the significant expertise available in drafting and implementing recovery plans, as
well as the fact that they are fundamentally a type of management plan, they are discussed in some
length here. Recovery is the process through which the decline of an endangered or threatened
species is halted or reversed, and dangers are eliminated or lessened, in order to secure the species'
long-term survival in the wild. If the species chosen as targets are discovered to be threatened –
and approximately one in every four plant species is likely to be – the important factor at the
species or population level is to manage, minimize, or eliminate the threat(s) to the populations.
The species management strategy must address this.
To date, we must rely mostly on the substantial knowledge gathered from the contingency
planning for endangered wild species produced in a number of nations, primarily in the temperate
globe. A species management or recovery plan's detailed composition will rely on the biology of
a species, its conservation status, its location, and other local circumstances. The vital components
are: a full evaluation and description of the species' current status; a clear statement of the goals
and objectives; and an indication of the particular actions that are proposed.