It is surprising how many species is disppearing evey minute on Earth; environmental scientists revealed that more than 10 species is going to extinct every minute. The diversity of living organisms is thretened by human activities for farmland, housing, and industry. I strongly believe that we have to save land for endangered animals rather than use all the lands for our own needs. There are many reasons why I think so, and here I present some of them.
First of all, without animals or other speices, human being also cannot survive on Earth. Human being is such a incredible creature that has been developing technologies and made the most tremondous society distinct from other animal societies. However, at the same time, these human activites have been destroying nature. As a result, many animals are now in danger. I think the animals have been affected first because they are more vulerable to the changes of environment, and because human being is also one animal species living on Earth, we will be damaged someday in the future. For example, tropical forests around the Amazon river have been detroyed in South America to construct mainly farmlands or factories. The habitats of animals were ruined drastically and after that, the human tribes who were dependent their lives on hunting those animals disappeared. Endangered animals are warning from the Earth and we have to listen to them to survive.
In addition, it often happens that people desire more foods and materials than they need to survive. The development of human society has been depending on human desires to live oppulant and convenient lives and the advance in technologies made these lives possible. However, we have to remember we are using too much resources just for our desires not for our needs. The yield of argricultural production is already enough to support all populations on Earth, and we do not need more farmlands virtually. The problem is not about more production but about even distribution of products. Therefore, we do not need to take lands from other animals for our survival but we need to mitigate our endless cravings for survival of all the animals including human beings.
To conclude, we, human beings, cannot live alone without other living organisms and do not need to construct more farmlands or factories actually. I firmly believe that saving lands of endangered animals is saving the Earth and ourselves.
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