Nicole Yueng Zhi Qing

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There are many different type of species on Earth, regardless of whether

they're plants, animal creatures or micro living beings, are imperative to keep
the world's numerous biological systems solid, adjusted and flourishing,
developing plants we can eat, trees we can shade under, and scenes to use
for everything from get-away to PC screensavers. As it were, biodiversity
guarantees natural maintainability for all life on the plane.

Biologist and researcher who endeavour to prevent species from extinction;

they utilize the word 'HIPPO' to recall the several things that debilitate
creatures and plants, in light of the fact that each letter remains for an
alternate risk.

According to the word “HIPPO”, it represents five different treats to the

biodiversity. The first one would be H- Habitat Loss. This occurs when a
particular area is converted from usable to unusable habitat. There are
several activities that will cause habitat loss; for example, industrial activities,
agriculture, aquaculture, mining, deforestation, and water extraction. Many
people tend to involve in deforestation, such as organizations tend to chop
down backwoods for their timber, or to account for different ranches, in which
the wild creatures wind up losing their homes. Tropical forest soil is very poor,
and so farmers have to keep moving on and destroying more and more
forests to grow their crops.

The second one would be I- Invasive species. An invasive species can be any
sort of living life form, such as a land and water proficient; for example a toad,
plant, fishes, bug, bacteria, or even a life form's seeds or eggs which is that
isn't local to a biological system and causes hurt. They can harm nature, the
economy, or even human well-being. Species that develop and recreate
rapidly, and spread forcefully, with potential to cause hurt, are given the mark
"invasive." One of the examples of invasive species would be the “Asian Tiger
Mosquito”. This Asian tiger mosquito is portrayed by its unmistakable highly
contrasting stripe design, and keeping in mind that it's local to tropical and
subtropical territories of Southeast Asia, researchers trust it has rapidly turned
out to be one of the planet's most broadly disseminated creature species,
spreading to more than 28 nations outside its local range over the most recent
two decades alone.

The tiger mosquito is accepted to be spread through the global tire exchange,
as tires put away outside have a tendency to hold water, and give the perfect
reproducing and living conditions for the mosquito. It represents a particular
risk to populaces around the world, not just on the grounds that it conveys
infections like Dengue and West Nile, but since it tends to connect intimately
with people, and is known to encourage twenty four hours every day (10 of
the World's Worst Invasive Species, 2011).

The third one would be P- Pollution. The biological system can be harmed by
pollution as pollution may harm the nourishment and water supply alongside
the species that live in that environment. We must be aware that all of the
natural substances may turn to become contamination when they are
excessively inexhaustible in a specific region. For instance, nitrogen and
phosphorous are essential supplements for plant development, yet when they
amass in water frameworks in the wake of being connected as farming
composts, they can cause "no man's lands", which is the dead zone that are
appalling for aqua-systems to survive.

There are several kinds of pollution which can harm the biodiversity. Firstly,
land pollution such as illegal dumping. People tend to throw garbage or waste
materials into the ocean which harm the living microorganism in the ocean.
Secondly, water pollution such as waste that spills out into the river from
industries. It will affect the cleanliness of the river water and affect the animals
that live in the river.

The fourth one would be P-Population. The development of the human

populace is the greatest risk to affect natural habitats today. According to the
research, there are more than seven billion individuals on the planet. Hence,
there isn't sufficient space for regular habitats to exist together with every one
of these individuals, and the land they have to furnish them with nourishment
and haven. Subsequently, in the race of survival of the fittest, creatures and
plants get pounded under the sky-scrappers. When the population increases,
it tends to increase the temperature as well. Hence, overpopulation is a
contributing component that causes global warming. Overpopulation prompts
the obliteration of living spaces by putting weight on occupants for constrained
assets; for example, the forest is exposed and creatures are executed for
nourishment because of rivalry for assets. In created nations, an expansion in
human populace prompts the improvement of once perfect zones (What Are
Environmental Problems Due to Population Growth?, 2018).

Next, according to Camilo Mora, an analyst at Dalhousie University, she

deduced in an investigation on the impacts of human populace development
on coral reefs that there is an immediate association between unsustainable
human populace development and a decrease in biodiversity in coral reefs.
This is huge in light of the fact that more than eighty percents of nations with
coral reefs are relied upon to twofold their populace inside fifty to hundred
years. This puts into question the survival of a large number of these coral
reefs without genuine thoughtfulness regarding shielding these delicate
biological communities.

The last one would be O-Overhunting or Overharvesting. People tend to hunt

animal especially those species which can be made to medicines or for other
purposes. Over-harvesting can be a danger as it implies that a populace has
been caught, accumulated or chased until the point when the species has
been relatively exhausted instead of angled, assembled or chased in a
sensible sum that takes into account the species to keep on thriving. (A threat
to biodiversity, 2014)

One of the examples for overhunting would be the ‘Great White Shark’.
People tend to cut of the fin of a shark, which is also called a shark blade,
because it is the main ingredients of shark fin soup, a traditional chinese soup
with a mixture with chicken and other ingredients. It is another prized delicacy
which has sadly prompted a genuine decrease in the quantity of extraordinary
whites. Incredible white sharks are the biggest savage fish on Earth yet these
monster ocean animals are casualties of "finning", basically, stripping the
balances from the shark at that point hurling them back in the water to pass
on or be eaten alive. The training has been announced illicit in a few nations
including Brazil, South Africa and the USA however it stays far reaching and
generally unmonitored.

In conclusion, human is really depending on the biodiversity to survive on the

grounds that biodiversity give helpful and essential assets, for example,
nourishment and crude material of pharmaceutical. Additionally, the
biodiversity is critical part that taking a shot at biological system. It is
somewhat transportation of biological system benefit. The environment gives
administrations, for example, insurance of soil along these lines the
biodiversity misfortune is identified with the lessening of biological community
administrations. Hence, we as a human must understand the importance of
protecting the environment as the environment can be affect by human
activities and causes unwanted issues such as extinction of species.
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