Hello Everyone,
I am new to the site. I was encouraged by my English professor to share my ideas on nature conservation with a suitable audience where my message could be observed and commented upon, and I thought what better place than here at peopleinaction.com and the Nature Conservation message board and blog forum.
First of all I’d like to thank the founders of People in Action and all of the voluntary workers throughout the world for their efforts as they try to convey the messages of ecology, human and animal rights, as well as reform. Also I’d like to express my appreciation for the maintenance of this site, because it is an excellent way to share information and ideas with others.
My Professor suggested that I choose a topic, develop an argument, and identify a worthwhile publication. I could have chosen any topic. Abortion, the legalization of marijuana, and stem cell research were just a few that immediately popped into my head, probably because they are the basis for just about every argumentation class from the sixth grade on. No, I felt those subject were too played out. They’ve been argued for against and everything in between, and I couldn’t possibly add anything new, so I began to think about what’s important to me, what’s important to my family, friends, country, and world at large. Then it hit me.
Nature Conservation is a subject that I was instantly drawn to on a personal level. As an experienced mountaineer, avid hiker, and adventurer nature plays a huge role in my life. I’m interested in rock climbing, kayaking, and camping so it is safe to say that I spend a lot of time in the outdoors. Not only do I enjoy nature but I also enjoy many of the things associated with it including the animals. I’m by no means a zoologist or anything and would prefer to stay at a distance from any animals larger than a squirrel, and some smaller as well. I do however enjoy animals for their beauty and respect their environment. I feel that animals and humans have to co-exist in order to maintain a healthy planet.
It is my opinion that nature conservation has reached a moment of great importance in our world mainly due to the severe environmental issues that threaten mankind, and the theory of global warming. In my lifetime I’ve seen the rain forest of Brazil destroyed by logging industries. I’ve seen an eight hundred mile long pipeline that runs through the heart of a national wildlife refuge in the Mountains of Alaska. I’ve seen pristine beaches and farmland disappear and housing developments emerge in their place, and I’m not that old. Each day we lose a little bit more of nature and in turn endanger our lives and the lives of our future generations.
I became more concerned with the fate of our planet as issues such as the addition of a new pipeline in Alaska gained national attention during the Clinton administration. The government pushed for funding and the demolition of protected wilderness home to moose, elk, reindeer, and several known and endangered Kodiak bears. Al Gore’s documentary entitled “An Inconvenient Truth” also got my attention in 2006 revealing some shocking revelations and statistics.
I did some research of my own as a freshman in college. I wrote a research paper about the pollution atop Mount Everest. Even Everest, the mightiest of all peaks is being devastated by the very people who have grown to know and respect it. The mountain now has paved roadways, a cyber café, and a semi permanent medical clinic, all of which amplify unwanted environmental damage. The governments of Tibet and Nepal have severely decreased their regulations and monitoring of the activity which takes place on the rock; resulting in a steady buildup of cans, old climbing gear, and empty oxygen tanks. It really is a horrible thing to imagine Everest as on big landfill. |
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