HABITAT DESTRUCTION

WHAT IS HABITAT DESTRUCTION?

• Habitat destruction is when a habitat, such as a forest or lake, is destroyed or contaminated.
• Some examples are deforestation and oil spills.
• Some examples of animals that are most impacted by habitat destruction are:
• Marine turtles, orangutans, Amur leopards, tigers, giant pandas, Asian elephants, and rhinos.

CAUSE OF HABITAT DESTRUCTION

• Humans are the main cause of habitat destruction.
• They chop down trees, leave plastic on beaches that goes into water, etc.
• Most of this is because they use these things as resources, but other things
• Are just damaging, like the picture in the back.

WHERE IS IT OCCURING?

• Habitat destruction happens everywhere. It mostly
• Happens in oceans and forests, with many types of
• Pollutants and deforestation.

WHEN IS IT OCCURING?

• Habitat destruction occurs when the conditions necessary for
• plants or animals to live are significantly compromised or eliminated.
• It happens all the time, all around us.

WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?

• A lot of habitat destruction happens because humans
• Need resources, such as trees, we use for paper, firewood
• And much more. But some of it is unintentional, such as
• oil spills. Some of it is even unknown damage, like littering.
• People don't thing the trash is going to be harmful, but it is.

HOW DOES THIS IMPACT ANIMALS?

• Well, first of all, it takes away their homes, and it kills their family and sometimes them.
• It poses the biggest threat on animal species. Many times, these animals are not found
• Anywhere else in the world, which makes it way harder to recover.

HOW CAN WE HELP?

• There are several organizations to end habitat destruction. Some of them are:
• Nature Conservancy, Vital Ground, the Wildlands Project, and Y2Y.
• You can help too, by planting trees, or joining one of these organizations,
• Or even be careful on what you buy, for example if your buying wood,
• Make sure they come from a supplier that doesn't harm forests.

ENDANGERED ANIMAL(MOUNTAIN GORILLA)

• The mountain gorilla is an endangered animal, partly because of habitat destruction. There are only
• about 700 left in the world. People have been making the gorilla's habitats national parks that are
• protected against any habitat destruction or other things such as poaching. There are also many
• organizations to help these gorillas, such as the International Gorilla Conservation Program and
• the Gorilla Fund International.

SOURCES

• http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/species/problems/habitat_loss_degradat...
• http://amphibiaweb.org/declines/HabFrag.html
• http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/critical-issues-marine-habitat-de...
• http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/00473/habitatdestruction.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_destruction

SOURCES(CONTINUED)

• http://inhabitat.com/6-critically-endangered-animals-under-threat-of-extinc...
• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/mountain-gorilla/
• http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/mountain-gorilla/

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