' Finding a balance between what humans and animals need will help prevent habitat destruction. Some scientists think that if we put aside half of Earth's land and water for nature, we could save up to 90% of all species. In the meantime, your everyday actions can build a better planet.
13 Ways to Save the Earth from Habitat Destruction:
1. Clean your shoes before going on a hike, especially in a new place. The mud caked in your sneakers may contain seeds of invasive plants, which can push out native plants that keep the ecosystem healthy.
2. Is your house full of mail from places like banks and utility companies? Sign up for online alerts or ask your parents to do so. Make sure to recycle newspapers, magazines, and other paper in your home.
3. People cut down 15 billion trees every year, some of it to make paper. Save your sheets by using the back, buying recycled paper, and if you are in school, ask your teacher to sometimes switch from printed homework to online assignments.
4. Your attendance matters! Wildlife refuges, parks, bird sanctuaries, and nature preserves are more likely to receive funding to stay open when more people visit them.
5. Habitats are often disrupted to create more stuff for people. So try your best to use less: Visit the local library instead of buying a DVD, share games and toys with friends, and reuse school supplies.
6. Cell phones and computers contain a mineral mined from African habitats where gorillas and chimpanzees live. The minerals can be reused, so ALWAYS recycle your tech. As a bonus, it keeps toxic chemicals from polluting soil and water near landfills.
7. Palm oil is often used in products like chocolate, soap, ice cream, bread, cookies, and shampoo. But some rain forests are being destroyed in order to grow the trees that produce palm oil. Try to avoid buying products that use it, or look for a label that confirms the ingredient was grown in a rain-forest friendly way.
8. It's fun to look for frogs and slugs under logs - but always remember to put the logs back. Rocks, leaves, and tree limbs are homes for lots of tiny animals, so it's important not to destroy them.
9. Flush only your own 'waste' and toilet paper - no medicine, cleaning wipes, cotton balls, paint, or pet 'waste'. This trash can eventually travel into the water system and affect the animals that live there.
10. Work a lemonade stand, host a bake sale, or sell homemade jewellery to raise funds to protect wildlife and their habitats.
11. Using too much water from lakes and rivers can affect animals' habitat. Conserve this resource by taking five-minute showers, turning off the faucet when you brush you teeth, and fixing leaky pipes (or just bugging your parents to do it).
12. Plant a garden full of local trees, flowers, and shrubs to provide habitats for native bees, birds, and other animals.
13. Plant fertiliser can dump extra nutrients into the water system, which might create wildlife=killing algae blooms in the ocean. Local flowers, though, don't need as much fertiliser to help them grow. Encourage yourself (or your parents) to plant them.
The Lehmann's Poison Frog, Bornean Orangutan, Lined Seahorse, Cerulean Warbler, and American Bison all need help. Do your part today by following all the ways mentioned above to stop habitat loss and save these animals.
13 Ways to Save the Earth from Habitat Destruction:
1. Clean your shoes before going on a hike, especially in a new place. The mud caked in your sneakers may contain seeds of invasive plants, which can push out native plants that keep the ecosystem healthy.
2. Is your house full of mail from places like banks and utility companies? Sign up for online alerts or ask your parents to do so. Make sure to recycle newspapers, magazines, and other paper in your home.
3. People cut down 15 billion trees every year, some of it to make paper. Save your sheets by using the back, buying recycled paper, and if you are in school, ask your teacher to sometimes switch from printed homework to online assignments.
4. Your attendance matters! Wildlife refuges, parks, bird sanctuaries, and nature preserves are more likely to receive funding to stay open when more people visit them.
5. Habitats are often disrupted to create more stuff for people. So try your best to use less: Visit the local library instead of buying a DVD, share games and toys with friends, and reuse school supplies.
6. Cell phones and computers contain a mineral mined from African habitats where gorillas and chimpanzees live. The minerals can be reused, so ALWAYS recycle your tech. As a bonus, it keeps toxic chemicals from polluting soil and water near landfills.
7. Palm oil is often used in products like chocolate, soap, ice cream, bread, cookies, and shampoo. But some rain forests are being destroyed in order to grow the trees that produce palm oil. Try to avoid buying products that use it, or look for a label that confirms the ingredient was grown in a rain-forest friendly way.
8. It's fun to look for frogs and slugs under logs - but always remember to put the logs back. Rocks, leaves, and tree limbs are homes for lots of tiny animals, so it's important not to destroy them.
9. Flush only your own 'waste' and toilet paper - no medicine, cleaning wipes, cotton balls, paint, or pet 'waste'. This trash can eventually travel into the water system and affect the animals that live there.
10. Work a lemonade stand, host a bake sale, or sell homemade jewellery to raise funds to protect wildlife and their habitats.
11. Using too much water from lakes and rivers can affect animals' habitat. Conserve this resource by taking five-minute showers, turning off the faucet when you brush you teeth, and fixing leaky pipes (or just bugging your parents to do it).
12. Plant a garden full of local trees, flowers, and shrubs to provide habitats for native bees, birds, and other animals.
13. Plant fertiliser can dump extra nutrients into the water system, which might create wildlife=killing algae blooms in the ocean. Local flowers, though, don't need as much fertiliser to help them grow. Encourage yourself (or your parents) to plant them.
The Lehmann's Poison Frog, Bornean Orangutan, Lined Seahorse, Cerulean Warbler, and American Bison all need help. Do your part today by following all the ways mentioned above to stop habitat loss and save these animals.