Human activities have had a negative effect on plant and animal life all over the world. Some people think that it is too late to do something about it while others think that there is still time to take effective action. Discuss both sides and give your opinion.

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Human actions
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have had
an adverse effect on the flora and fauna of the
planet
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. There has been many disruptive arguments on the topic.
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some argue that the Earth's destruction is inevitable, some do believe that there is still hope for redemption. A conjecture that nothing can be done has been formed and recent events have substantiated these claims. Humans have been responsible for the ruthless slaughter of animals as they hunt them for sport and devour on their meat. Their hides are used for commercial purposes. In certain parts of the
world
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world's
killer whales or orcas are brought to the shore and culled. Many species of animals have become functionally extinct owing to excessive poaching.The depravity of these activities is depressing. The environmental balance can only be maintained when all living beings get to be a part of the hierarchy. In the year 2019, the Amazon rainforests were on fire and a humongous chunk of it was lost to these fires. The Amazon forests serve as the
funtional
designed for or capable of a particular function or use
functional
foundational
lungs of the
planet
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by producing more than 30 percent of the oxygen
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needed for sustenance. The same year
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saw the forest fires in Australia, especially the state of New South
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Wales, where
nearly 11 million hectares of forests were lost and almost half a billion animals were obliterated from the face of the Earth. The main reason behind these massive fires was deforestation and climate change. I am not completely in favour of the it is too late to save the Earth campaign though these natural calamities suggest
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. Something has to be done to save the
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. It is never too late to do anything about it. But
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requires awareness and people
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have to embrace the fact that climate change is real.
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of fighting wars which result in more losses, all the nations can come together and discuss corrective measures to help save the
planet
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. Though we have a lot of evidences to support the claim that the
planet
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is beyond human help, we can
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at least
the delay the eventual
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delay the eventual
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to befall us.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • biodiversity
  • deforestation
  • mitigate
  • conservation
  • reforestation
  • innovative technologies
  • global cooperation
  • policy making
  • consumption patterns
  • environmental issues
  • sustainable
  • renewable resources
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