Some people say that the main environmental problems of our time is the loss of particular species of plants and animals. Others say that there are more important environmental problems. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Some people say that the main environmental problem today is the

loss

of particular

species

of plants and animals, whereas others consider that there are more important environmental problems. Based on my knowledge, the

loss

of particular

species

of plants and animals may represent a threat to our planet to some extent.

For instance

, there are a lot of studies which suggest that the

extinction

of bees would create a chain of events which will eventually lead to life ceasing to exist on Earth, all forms of lives, not only humans or some particular

species

of animals. But the possibility of

such

events is very unlikely. Until now, all of the lost

species

do not represent a danger. Our quality of life is not impacted by the

extinction

of a rhinoceros

species

or the Edelweiss flower. The

loss

of

species

is usually caused by two factors: climate

change

and illegal hunting. The latter usually has a higher impact and is a well known practice due to high prices on the black market of certain animal parts,

such

as rhinoceros horns.

On the other hand

, there are multiple environmental problems which have stronger effects,

for instance

, climate

change

.

Besides

the fact that climate

change

can lead to

loss

of animals and plant

species

, it has multiple other consequences, like forest fires, sea level risings, more and more severe storms and high temperatures. All of those posses a more serious threat to our lives. They can lead to very difficult living conditions in certain areas which would eventually affect the economy, conflicts would escalate and wars are a real possibility as populations need to migrate. Climate

change

is caused by enormous amounts of pollution produced by human activity,

such

as planes, cars, ships, factories and much more. In my honest opinion, even though the

loss

of certain

species

is a tragedy, I believe that there are other, far more important problems which are

also

the root cause of

species

extinction

. Humanity should focus more on the root causes of

species

extinction

, which are more important, and find solutions to stop them. Focusing on side effects will not solve our problems and will only allow them to escalate. Climate

change

is the biggest problem we currently have and its scale is much bigger than the

extinction

of some animal or plant

species

.