CE Sci 2

THE HUMAN IMPACT
ON THE ANIMALS
Group 2 - Paligumba , Camarig ,
Cadiao , Osunero , Rico & Viillan
contents
01 Human Influence of Expansion of Animal Populations
02 Habitat Change and Animal Decline
03 Animal
04 Extinctions
Human Influence of Expansion of Animal Populations
Humans can impact animal and plant populations. When humans develop land for
houses and buildings, they cut down trees and change animal and plant habitats.
Some animals, like the raccoon and the skunk, can adapt, but other animals can't adapt
and their populations are hurt.
One major cause of human–wildlife conflict is increasing human population

adjacent to wildlife habitats. As human population increases and the demand for
resources grow, the frequency and intensity of such conflicts increases. This can
be manifested by increasing encroachment to wildlife habitats.
Humans are now responsible for causing
changes in the environment that hurt
animals species. We take up more space on
Earth for our homes and cities. We pollute
habitats. We illegally hunt and kill animals.
We bring exotic species into habitats. All of
these activities take resources and habitats away
from animals.
Human activity often changes or destroys
the habitats that plants and animals need
to survive. Because human populations are
growing so fast animals and plants are
disappearing 1000 times faster than they
have in the past 65 million years.
Scientists estimate that in the 21st century
100 species will become extinct every day.
habitat change and animal decline
Habitat loss poses the greatest threat to species. The world’s forests,
swamps, plains, lakes, and other habitats continue to disappear as they are
harvested for human consumption and cleared to make way for
agriculture, housing, roads, pipelines and the other hallmarks of industrial
development. Without a strong plan to create terrestrial and marine
protected areas important ecological habitats will continue to be lost.
Why is it happening?
Forest loss and degradation is mostly caused by the expansion of
agricultural land, intensive harvesting
of timber, wood for fuel and other forest products, as well as overgrazing.
Habitat degradation: Pollution, invasive species, and disruption of
ecosystem processes (such as
changing the intensity of fires in an ecosystem) are some of the ways
habitats can become so degraded,
they no longer support native wildlife.
What is happening to our species and their habitat?
There is no doubt that a vast number of animals and plants have gone extinct
in recent centuries due to human activity, especially since the industrial
revolution. The number of individuals across species of plants and animals
declined as well – in many cases severely – affecting genetic variation,
biodiversity, among other issues. All around the world, areas where humans
exploit natural resources or undergo encroaching development all have the
same outcome: a deteriorating natural environment. As a result of human
action, ecosystems face threats such as unhealthy production and
consumption; in today’s interconnected world, it doesn’t take much to see
these unsustainable forces to take hold.
This is a trend that cannot continue. If ecosystems are
too severely depleted, their ability to remain replenish,
sustain our species, and meet human needs is
drastically threatened.
The world is facing a mass extinction of species. All
species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians,
arthropods (insects and arachnids), fish, crustaceans,
corals and other cnidarians, and plants havedeclined,
in many cases, severely. Human civilization has had a
negative impact on most living things.

ANIMAL
Nowadays, changes in the environment that harm animal and plant
species are the result of human activity. With our cities and
residences, we occupy more land on Earth. We damage ecosystems.
Animals are hunted and killed illiciously. Exotic species are
introduced into environments. All of these actions deprive plants and
animals of resources and habitats.
Habitats that plants and animals require to exist are frequently

altered or destroyed as a result of human activities. Animals and
vegetation are dying 1,000 times quicker now than they did 65
million years ago due to the rapid growth of human populations.
According to scientific predictions, 100 species will go extinct every
day in the twenty-first century.
Plants and animals have long struggled to survive. More than two
thirds of the creatures and plants that previously inhabited the
Earth, according to scientists, are now extinct.
There are many different reasons why animals have gone extinct in
the past. In some situations, animal extinction was brought on by
resource rivalry; in other others, it was brought on by
environmental changes. Scientists argue that a meteorite impact on
Earth changed the ecosystem in a way that dinosaurs and other
animals and plants were unable to adjust, leading to the extinction
of the dinosaurs.
There are millions of insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
mammals, but only one kind of human. Human can do good things
for animals: help save endangered species by breeding more animals
and saving their environment; making sick animals healthy, and
caring for animals who can no longer live in the wild. Humans can
also cause harm to animals, on purpose or by accident.
Habitat Destruction
When humans destroy wild land to build homes, factories,
shopping malls, amusement parks, garbage dumps, even to build a
visitor center, store and restaurant in a park, the land is changed.
The animals that once lived there, from the bugs that lived in the
ground to the birds that ate them, all may disappear. Some can
move to new home areas, but there are already other animals living
there. There is not enough food, water or shelter for all of them.
Many of the animals will die.
Food and Fashion Industry
There are many people who do not eat animals or wear animal
skins (leather). They are called “vegetarians.” There are others who
will eat animals, but only when those animals are raised humanely
(in clean places with enough room to move around in, When we
slaughter a cow, sheep, or pig, we use the whole animal: the
slaughtered animal provides food for people and other animals,
skin for leather clothes and other goods, even the hooves and
bones are made into other things and used for people.
EXTINCTIONS
Extinction occurs when the last existing member of a given species
dies . In other words...there aren't any more left! It is a scientific
certainty when there are not any surviving individuals left to
reproduce
CAUSES OF EXTINCTIONS
The main modern causes of extinction are the loss and degradation
of habitat (mainly deforestation), over exploitation (hunting,
overfishing), invasive species, climate change, and nitrogen
pollution.
Mutations - causes a flux in natural selection and beneficial
genetic traits are overruled
Loss of Genetic Diversity - Shallow gene pools promote massive
inbreeding
HABITAT DEGRADATION
> Toxicity
• Kills off species directly through food/water
•Indirectly via sterilization
•Can occur in short spans (a single generation)
•Can occur over several generations
MASS EXTINCTION
is an event in which a considerable portion of the world’s
biodiversity is lost. An extinction event can have many causes.
There have been at least 5 major extinction events since the
Cambrian explosion, each taking a large portion of the biodiversity
with it.
REFERENCES
https://nhpbs.org/wild/population.asp
https://bmcecol.biomedcentral.com › articles
https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/nwep16b.htm
https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/nwep16b.htm
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THE HUMAN IMPACT

One major cause of human–wildlife conflict is increasing human population

Habitats that plants and animals require to exist are frequently

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