Some people say that the main environmental problem of out 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.

There is a common controversy between two different opinions whether the extinction of some flora or fauna is the principal environmental hazard, while others diverge from that, stating that there are more notorious problems to the environment than the disappearing of some species. In the following paragraphs, I will approach both sides and express my personal point of view. Considering the

first

idea where the extinction of flora and fauna is the worst environmental problem, It has been proved that the removal of just one specimen, can affect the whole ecosystem to even the landscape. Each creature has a specific task in the life cycle of every habitat. To mention one case, there is a well known and successful experiment in North America where the addition of a pack of wolves recovered a whole forest and it made even a river change the geography. I believe that centuries or even aeons of evolution to have a sudden stop because of human action is barbaric and overwhelming, and we should avoid any loss of any type of living creature.

On the other hand

, even though it affects directly the climate and ecosystems, nature can maintain balance or find a way to survive.

Although

, destroying principals resources for living species is a most damaging situation to earth rather than just losing some species. That situation might even be the cause of not allowing new creatures to develop any other biodiversity in the area. Luckily we haven't experienced something like that, but we have been close to it, and it scares me to death.

In addition

, one major and very clear, example is the nuclear catastrophe at Chernobyl. For years it was unhabitable, and the offsprings of critters were born with deformities. Within the following years, some animals and plants were able to evolve and mutate to survive; birds grew darker feathers, while other animals grew thicker fur or skin protecting from radiation. Even though those animals were not the result of natural evolution, they adapted to our mistakes, showing us that nature can find its way. To sum it up, people show some aversion to taking living specimens to extinction arguing that it is the worst environmental occurrence that may happen, while the other side of the coin disagree mentioning that there are plenty of worst catastrophes that can happen to the environment causing damages to the whole ecosystem for ages or even centuries. Settling my opinion on the former idea, as we still are unaware of all dangerous situations that could happen in the future.