Extinction of animals

Hundreds of thousands of species are lost in the world, many of them even before they are
discovered by science. In this way, not only biological variability is lost, but also genetic
diversity, a source of sustenance for future generations. A species in danger of extinction is
the one that can be extinguished in the near future. Throughout the history of evolution,
millions of species have disappeared due to natural processes. In the last 300 years,
however, humans have multiplied the extinction rate per thousand.

Why does the extinction of animals occur?

1. The persecution and slaughter for the value of their skins.

2. Intensive hunting and intensive fishing to market their meats.
3. The contamination of the alien species to their habitat, ie "invasive species".
4. Large enterprises such as dams, waterways, etc., which man builds.
5. Loss of oil, which pollute the seas.
6. Natural accidents such as the "gray death", eruption of volcanoes that sends ash clouds
and gases with a high content of sulfur into the atmosphere.
7. The action of other pollutants (deposits of uranium, polonium, radio and other
radioactive elements)
8. Miscellaneous accidents, intentional or not, such as forest fires, boat crashes, etc.

Endangered animals

Today there are many animals that are in danger of extinction, but there are some that are
nowhere to be extinguished, as is the case of these:

Tiger of Siberia: hunted by its skin. There are about 200 copies left.
Giant Otter: captured by your skin. It has disappeared in Uruguay and few hundreds
remain in Argentina.
Nile crocodile: chased by his skin.
guila Imperial Ibrica: there are about 150 couples left.
Turtle Marine: pursued by collectors and offered as curiosity in luxury restaurants.
Mountain Gorilla: intended for zoos, collectors and institutes of anthropology. There
remain about 600 copies in the humid mountains of the African continent.
Scarlet Macaw: imported for large quantities by the US
African Black Rhinoceros: about 2000 remain. In the 1970s, its population reached
65,000.
Giant Panda: used in zoos and craved by their skin. There remain about a thousand
copies worldwide.
Deforestation

Deforestation devastates the forests and forests of the Earth in a massive way, causing
immense damage to the quality of the soil. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the
world's regions, but stripes of Panama's size are inevitably lost each year.

Rainforests and rainforests could disappear completely within a hundred years if the
current rate of deforestation continues.

The reasons for indiscriminate logging are many, but most are related to the money or the
need for farmers to support their families. The underlying inducer of deforestation is
agriculture. Farmers clear the forests in order to obtain more space for their crops or
livestock grazing.

Deforestation has many negative effects on the environment. The most dramatic impact is
the loss of the habitat of millions of species. Seventy percent of the animals and plants
inhabit the forests of the Earth and many can not survive the deforestation that destroys
their environment. Deforestation is also a contributing factor to climate change. The soils of
the forests are humid, but without the protection of the tree cover, they dry quickly. Trees
also help to perpetuate the hydrological cycle by returning water vapor to the atmosphere.
Without trees that play that role, many forests and forests can quickly become arid deserts
of barren land. Removal of the vegetative layer takes away the forests and jungles of its
natural palladium, which block the sun's rays during the day and keep the heat at night.
This disorder contributes to the appearance of more extreme temperature changes that
can be harmful to plants and animals. Trees play a crucial role in the uptake of greenhouse
gases, responsible for global warming. Having fewer forests means emitting more
greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and a greater speed and severity of climate
change.

Solutions for deforestation

The quickest solution to deforestation is simply to interrupt logging. Although the rate of
deforestation has slowed somewhat in recent years, the current financial realities make
this solution an unlikely alternative. The most viable solution would be to manage plant
resources carefully by eliminating agricultural clearances to ensure that forest
environments remain intact.

The logging should be done in a balanced way by planting enough young trees to replace
the older ones in all the forests and jungles. The number of new tree plantations increases
each year, but the total still amounts to a tiny part of the forest area of the planet.
Countries with greater deforestation

5. Cambodia
Deforestation rate: 7.1%
Deforestation in Cambodia began during the 1970s after the Vietnam War. The post-
conflict events caused a great demand for the trees and their products and that way the
country has remained almost without natural forests.

4. Guatemala
Deforestation rate: 8.2%
The high rate of deforestation in Guatemala has caused devastating calamities, as there
are very few trees left to protect people from heavy rains. There have even been incidents
in which the rain has created large puddles of mud, a very dangerous and treacherous
place where many people have drowned.

3. Indonesia
Deforestation rate: 8.4%
In the last decades the wooded areas of this country showed a great reduction in and most
of the land that was formerly part of a forest today is a barren wasteland. The worst thing is
that there does not seem to be any sign pointing to the slowing of deforestation.

2. Paraguay
Deforestation rate: 9.6%
Paraguay has one of the most diverse and unexplored forests in the world, with a very rich
biodiversity and logging threatens to put an end to it. The Chaco the second lung of
America, after the Amazon.

1. Malaysia
Deforestation rate: 14.4%
Since Malaysia became independent of the British, the country has based its financial
stability on the wood, since they had numerous and leafy forests where to cut all type of
trees. Due to this the demand was high and the production continued, in fact it does so
until now, although there is less and less to clear and deforest.