Natural Resources- Over-exploitation Effect on Wildlife Blog #8

The over-exploitation of natural resources  has a significant impact on our wildlife. Not only have we been neglectful towards ourselves and the environment but, we have also been extremely neglect towards  the different wild life that dwell in the environment and depend on it.

In the article it states, "They found the over-exploitation, including logging, hunting, fishing, and the gathering of plants is the biggest single killer of biodiversity, directly impacting 72 percent of the 8,688 species listed as threatened or near- threatened by the IUCN." For example, the Sumatran Rhino and African elephant are being illegally hunted and killed.

Actions such as well managed protected areas, enforcement of hunting regulations, and managing agricultural systems in ways that allow threatened species to persist within them, all have a major role to play in reducing the biodiversity crisis.

Dejah Flowers

Source;

https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/resources-climate-5944