Report on Conservation and Protection of All Living Things: Analysis

This report delves into the critical importance of conserving and protecting all living things within ecosystems, examining the intricate relationships between species and the environment. It highlights the roles of both endangered and invasive species, emphasizing the need for balanced conservation efforts. The report discusses the impact of human activities, such as hunting and habitat destruction, on wildlife populations, using examples like the reduction of predators in North America and the rise of invasive species like reticulated pythons. It also underscores the legal protections afforded to living organisms, even harmful ones like certain insects, due to their ecological roles. The report concludes by emphasizing the interconnectedness of all life and the potential consequences of disrupting ecosystems. References are provided from scientific journals like PLoS ONE and the Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

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All living things regardless of their usefulness to human beings play a vital role in their
respective eco-systems. As such, the elimination of one species because of its inconvenience to
human beings (for example, the malaria causing Anopheles Mosquito) will results in
catastrophic environmental consequences (Ruggiero, et al., 2015). For example, in some wildlife
conservation parks and most rural parts in North America the number of predators like mountain
lions, wolves, and bears have been reduced drastically by farmers, hunters, and eradication
programs to the point that herbivorous animals like deer are considered “pests” at given times of
the yea (Ruggiero, et al., 2015). This imbalance in the predator to prey ratio results in
overgrazing and destruction of young plants. As such, major forests are able to recover from wild
fires because the budding trees are consumed by multitudes of prey species.
Inherently, all living things have the right to life; and as such, they are afforded
protection through legal provisions in the constitutions of different country. However, priority is
given to endangered species as opposed to invasive and harmful species (Pysek & Richardson,
2010). Governments across the world dedicate a lot of resources to protect endangered species
from extinction and illegal hunting. The same privileges are not extended to invasive species like
the reticulated pythons that have taken over the Everglades in Florida. The invasive species are
killed off because they pose a threat to the lives of local/native species. However, these evasive
species are protected in their natural habits (Pysek & Richardson, 2010).
Harmful bacteria and insects are also protected by human laws because of their role in the
environment and the bio-sphere as a whole. For instance, the Anopheles Mosquito has three roles
in the eco--system prey, predator, and competitor: Its elimination would result in an imbalance
that could affect fish, bird, and frog populations in given parts o the world.

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References
Pysek, P., & Richardson, D. M. (2010). Invasive Species, Environmental Change and
Management, and Health. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 25-55.
Ruggiero, M. A., Gordon, D. P., Orrell, T. M., Bailly, N., Bourgoin, T., Brusca, R. C., . . . Kirk,
P. (2015). A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE , 1-60.