Question

in what ways are wildlife conservation and forest conservation related

Answer 1

The forests are an amazing place. When you enter forests it feels like the entire place is alive. There are birds and monkeys on the trees, countless insects on the ground, honeybees and butterflies flying around in search of nectars, herbivores searching for grass and carnivores searching for herbivores. Therefore, wildlife conservation should be of utter priority.

Even though you may feel like forests are extremely silent and devoid of all wildlife, it is far from the truth. There is a huge variety of wildlife ranging from insects to tigers, from small mushrooms to giant trees. This variety in life form is referred to as Biodiversity. The forest has a larger variety of life than a desert, therefore, the forests have more biodiversity than deserts.

Most people think that there is an abundance of wildlife on this planet, but the hard truth is that their numbers are decreasing at an alarming rate. The wildlife is bearing the brunt of our technology and greed. We are ruthlessly cutting down forests to acquire land for agricultural or other such purposes. This means that the animals have no place to go. The encroaching of forests is also responsible for another alarming occurrence; Extinction of Endangered Wildlife. Endangered animals are animals whose number have decreased due to either natural causes or human intervention. If an animal is endangered, it means that this species could vanish from the face of the earth is we do not attempt to conserve it. In nature, it is normal for a few wildlife species to go extinct per year but it is estimated that due to human activities almost 5000 species are going extinct every year, which means that every day more than 10 wildlife species die, never to be seen again.