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HOW TO PREVENT FURTHER CLOSE EXTICTION & EXTINCTION TO EXTINCTION CONSEVATION Ili pika s was only discovered in Reduce the use of Plastic Extinction occurs when the last 1983, but its numbers have Advantage: When plastics individual of a plant or animal declined by almost 70% since bags become litter, they pollute dies out. This then, This is because the oceans, rivers, so reduce use of plastic equals to provide a better may happen naturally, perhaps 's is being habitat to sea . affected by climate change. due to a change in the climate or Disadvantage: Plastic is lighter, Rising temperatures have forced other conditions, or it stronger and cheaper compare to the pikas to retreat up into the may occur due to human activity, other type of materials, so plastic is mountain tops. In much more convenience overall. such as overhunting or through addition, grazing pressure from . livestock and air pollution have

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SMALL THINGS WE CAN DO TO STOP FURTHER CAN WE BROUGHT EXTINCTION EXTINCT ANIMALS BACK 1. Know what species in your POTENTIAL CAUSES OF TO PLIFE, AND CAN area are endangered. EXTINCTION PLANTS GO EXTINCT? 2. Volunteer your time to protect the wildlife in your Overharvesting: Humans use thousands of the Scientists have already finagled a few world’s species in their daily lives for food, ways to resurrect extinct species from area. shelter, and medicine. But these natural their evolutionary graves which are 3. Make certain that your called de-extinction. There are few resources are limited. People can take only so home is not a hazard to many fish from the sea or cut down so many benefits and few objections acres of forests without permanently Benefits: wildlife. damaging ecosystems and threatening It could offer insights into evolution 4. Do not use toxic herbicides and natural resources that are currently species. For many species, this or pesticides. “overharvesting” may lead to extinction. unavailable to us. It could be a big step forward for 5. Recycle and buy recycled or Habitat loss: When people cut down forests, genetic engineering. reusable products. Objections: build cities, or make roads, they destroy 6. Do not purchase illegal habitats–the places where plants, animals, and De-extinct species would be alien and other organisms live. potentially invasive; their habitats and products that come from food sources have changed, so their endangered species. roles in these changed ecosystems Pollution: Acid rain destroys forests. Oil spills 7. Donate to organizations kill coastal plants and animals. Poisions wash could be too. into waterways. Plastic trash entangles Species could carry retroviruses or that are working to help wildlife. Pollution is a big problem for pathogens when brought back to life. endangered species. biodiveristy. Plants may also become extinct due to 8. Reduce the amount of Global Climate Change: Greenhouse gases, the habitat loss and global warming. As a pollution that you cause. like carbon dioxide and methane, are building result humans have driven nearly up in Earth’s atmosphere. They trap heat and 600 plant species to extinction since contribute to a worldwide rise in temperature– 1750s. Humanity has caused an average a global warming that endangers the planet’s of more than two plant species a year to species and habitats. be wiped off the Earth since the middle of the eighteenth century.