Some people say that the main environmental problem 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.

There is a controversy amongst individuals about environmental
issues
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nowadays where one party said it is
as
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a result of
absence
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the absence
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of a
kind
of
plants
and
animals
while
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party insists there are more important
issues
other than those ones. In my opinion, I believe there should be more pressing ecological
problems
other than the
absent
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of
plants
and
animals
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species
. The
first
group argues that our environmental
problems
are due to a
kind
of
plants
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plant
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and
animals
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species
that are no longer available in our surroundings. They believe those
species
were protecting our surroundings by providing
shelters
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and oxygen for human consumption through photosynthesis and taking up CO2 in our environment. Those
animals
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species
feed on parasites that infest crops thereby reducing poor crop yields
leading
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to more oxygen in our surroundings. But
issues
arises
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in our environment when these
species
are less in number or totally absent. The
second
group argued that there are more to the ecological
issues
we face other than the absence of one
kind
of
plants
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plant
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and
animals
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species
.
This
might be
as a result
of our habits of littering the environment with
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dirt
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which can cause land and water pollutions
hence
there will be lack of good water supply. Another issue might be overpopulation and
this
is one of the major
cause
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of our environmental
problems
. When there are too many people in a community, there will be competition for food and Oxygen and
this
causes illnesses like malnutrition in children and plenty
CO2
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in the air. To sum up, with the controversy about our environmental
problems
, it is evident that there
are
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more to the
issues
other than the absence of a
kind
of
plants
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plant
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and
animals
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species
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • biodiversity
  • extinction
  • habitat loss
  • ecosystem
  • food chain
  • imbalance
  • interconnected
  • climate change
  • pollution
  • personal actions
  • policy changes
  • education
  • awareness
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