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

Environmental

issues

are emerging. A part of society argues that these

issues

are caused by the decreasing of particular species of

plants

and animals,

while

the other

believe

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that there

more

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are more

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important environmental problems that

does

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more harm. Significant decreases

of

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in

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certain species will cause food chain instability and difficulty in managing disasters. An example

for

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the former is that, when there is a downfall of insects within an ecosystem, it will affect the food production of

plants

since their reproduction process

are

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helped by insects.

As a result

, there will be

insufficient

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an insufficient

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food supply for the

herbivore

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and

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eventually

affect

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the

carnivore

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.

Additionally

, regarding the latter, several

plants

often contribute through their roots in maintaining the structure of land

,

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and prevent us from experiencing landslides. Despite the problem caused by decreasing habitat diversity, environmental

issues

such

as industrial waste and pollution

also

become major contributors.

For instance

, in Indonesia, the owner of textile industries are often disobeying the rules of

fabric-coloring

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sewage standards.

As a result

, the land soils are contaminated by heavy metals that were used as

coloring

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substances.

Furthermore

, the pollution

issues

are often caused by coal-based power

plant

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plants

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.

For example

, in Indonesia, approximately 80% of its electricity

are

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supplied by coal-based energy, which means there are a massive number of ashes that are released

to

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the air.

To sum up

, I agree that the other source of the environmental problems

such

as industries and power

plants

are the major contributors since they engage in a big production scale.