A: List the major ideas, concepts or key points-point by point:-Wetlands also have commercial andutilitarian functions.
-Reasons for saving the vultures from extinction could be framed in familiar terms: we have an ethical obligation to save the world's biodiversity for its own sake. Reasons could be outlined in a less familiar way.
-People speculated the reason for decline in vultures was habitat loss or pollution.
-Researchers found that birds were being killed by anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac. It is administered to cows. In bovines and humans, it reduces pain. In vultures it causes renal failure.
-As vultures disappeared, hundreds of thousands of cow carcasses left for the birds have festered in the sun, where they incubate anthrax and are consumed by dogs.
-Connections between human well-being and aiding endangered species are don't seem linked. Such connections abound in many situations that engage conservationists.
-Ecosystems like the wetlands and mangroves protect us from lethal storms. Forest and coral reefs provide food and income
-Damage to one ecosystem can harm another as well as the individuals who rely on it for resources.
-Public and governments view efforts to preserve biological diversity as elevating the needs of plants and animals above those of humans.
-Public perception of nature-versus-people derives from the strategy of hotspots.
-1988 Norman Myers of University of Oxford developed idea of biodiversity hotspots, small areas that harbor a great variety of endemic plant species.
-Earlier conservation campaigns centered on charismatic species for hotspots
In contrast, concept of hotspots provided a set of rigorous, quantifiable criteria by which to guide conservation investment- traige system based on counting species was more scientific than one based on compelling photographs.
-The idea of biodiversity that underlies hotspots has not succeeded in capturing public interest.
-People working in conservation avoid using the word "biodiversity" because it endangers a negative response.
-Scientists aren't keen on hotspots. Some point out that it might be false advertising. Places with a lot of native plant species do not have butterfly or vertebrate species as well. Floral hotspots are not those most vulnerable to extinction.
-These services include products like medicine and timber. Other processes that are unconsidered are water filtration, pollination, climate regulation, flood and disease control and soil formation.
-Putting prices on these services, they found that yearly value outstripped the gross domestic product of all countries combined.
-Idea of ecosystem services is not embraced by academics alone. Governments and nongovernmental organizations are considering protecting these services as a fundamental goal.
-Study by an international team of more than 1,300 scientists found that ecosystem services are declining and are being used unsustainably.
-In S.E Asia, widespread conservation of coastal mangrove forests into shrimp ponds meant that there was no wave buffer to protect from the tsunami.
-Post tsunami studies found that shorelines with intact mangrove forests suffered from almost no damage.
-The marshes and mangroves have no endemic plant species and estimate that number of plant and animal species they contain do not approach one tenth found in rain forest.
-Reasons for saving the vultures from extinction could be framed in familiar terms: we have an ethical obligation to save the world's biodiversity for its own sake. Reasons could be outlined in a less familiar way.
-People speculated the reason for decline in vultures was habitat loss or pollution.
-Researchers found that birds were being killed by anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac. It is administered to cows. In bovines and humans, it reduces pain. In vultures it causes renal failure.
-As vultures disappeared, hundreds of thousands of cow carcasses left for the birds have festered in the sun, where they incubate anthrax and are consumed by dogs.
-Connections between human well-being and aiding endangered species are don't seem linked. Such connections abound in many situations that engage conservationists.
-Ecosystems like the wetlands and mangroves protect us from lethal storms. Forest and coral reefs provide food and income
-Damage to one ecosystem can harm another as well as the individuals who rely on it for resources.
-Public and governments view efforts to preserve biological diversity as elevating the needs of plants and animals above those of humans.
-Public perception of nature-versus-people derives from the strategy of hotspots.
-1988 Norman Myers of University of Oxford developed idea of biodiversity hotspots, small areas that harbor a great variety of endemic plant species.
-Earlier conservation campaigns centered on charismatic species for hotspots
In contrast, concept of hotspots provided a set of rigorous, quantifiable criteria by which to guide conservation investment- traige system based on counting species was more scientific than one based on compelling photographs.
-The idea of biodiversity that underlies hotspots has not succeeded in capturing public interest.
-People working in conservation avoid using the word "biodiversity" because it endangers a negative response.
-Scientists aren't keen on hotspots. Some point out that it might be false advertising. Places with a lot of native plant species do not have butterfly or vertebrate species as well. Floral hotspots are not those most vulnerable to extinction.
-These services include products like medicine and timber. Other processes that are unconsidered are water filtration, pollination, climate regulation, flood and disease control and soil formation.
-Putting prices on these services, they found that yearly value outstripped the gross domestic product of all countries combined.
-Idea of ecosystem services is not embraced by academics alone. Governments and nongovernmental organizations are considering protecting these services as a fundamental goal.
-Study by an international team of more than 1,300 scientists found that ecosystem services are declining and are being used unsustainably.
-In S.E Asia, widespread conservation of coastal mangrove forests into shrimp ponds meant that there was no wave buffer to protect from the tsunami.
-Post tsunami studies found that shorelines with intact mangrove forests suffered from almost no damage.
-The marshes and mangroves have no endemic plant species and estimate that number of plant and animal species they contain do not approach one tenth found in rain forest.
B:Summarize the AUTHOR's main point or idea - at LEAST 1-2 paragraphs:
Human health is threatened when ecosystems and natural cycles break down. Ecosystems such as grasslands and forests that have been destroyed cannot stop dust, which caused a rise in U.S asthma. Conserving ecosystems can also prevent humans from disease. We can help save ecosystems and biodiversity in many ways. One way is by providing clean water, reducing soil erosion and preventing overfishing. Conservationists and people need to hear that preventing poverty, inequality and disease starts with taking care of earth.
Human health is threatened when ecosystems and natural cycles break down. Ecosystems such as grasslands and forests that have been destroyed cannot stop dust, which caused a rise in U.S asthma. Conserving ecosystems can also prevent humans from disease. We can help save ecosystems and biodiversity in many ways. One way is by providing clean water, reducing soil erosion and preventing overfishing. Conservationists and people need to hear that preventing poverty, inequality and disease starts with taking care of earth.
C:Write a reaction paragraph to the article stating your own thoughts on the topic:
After reading this article, I think the best way to help humans is to help the earth. The article says that helping the ecosystem and preserving biodiversity can benefit us. At first I did not know the many services and ecosystem can provide us. I believe that ecosystems ARE the first step to help prevent poverty, inequality and disease. Ecosystems now are declining. If we want to prevent poverty, inequality and disease we need to save ecosystems and biodiversity.
After reading this article, I think the best way to help humans is to help the earth. The article says that helping the ecosystem and preserving biodiversity can benefit us. At first I did not know the many services and ecosystem can provide us. I believe that ecosystems ARE the first step to help prevent poverty, inequality and disease. Ecosystems now are declining. If we want to prevent poverty, inequality and disease we need to save ecosystems and biodiversity.
So what?
If we didn't pay attention and take advantage of taking care of our ecosystem then all of us will be doomed.
Say who?
Ted Nordhaus
What if?
We should start protecting our ecosystem and get everyone to do it.
What does it remind you of?
Environmental clean up.
If we didn't pay attention and take advantage of taking care of our ecosystem then all of us will be doomed.
Say who?
Ted Nordhaus
What if?
We should start protecting our ecosystem and get everyone to do it.
What does it remind you of?
Environmental clean up.