The Guardian view on extinction: time to rebel

We humans pride ourselves on our ability to look beyond immediate concerns

and think on a grander scale. While other creatures preen for mates, hunt prey
or build homes, only humans ponder the nature of time, explore our place in the
universe or are troubled by the question of what wiped out the dinosaurs. Yet
we are often poor at focusing on and understanding the things which really
matter. A new mass extinction is under way, and this time we are mostly
responsible. The new UN Global Assessment Report warns that a million plant
and animal species are at risk of being wiped out.
Most of us find it impossible to visualise such a large number. Focusing on
individual cases is only partially helpful. Plenty of tears are shed for charismatic
megafauna such as rhinos when they are driven to the brink. Fewer know or
care that two in five amphibian species are under threat. Phytoplankton drifting
in the ocean are barely noticed at all, but absorb carbon dioxide as well as
being eaten by zooplankton, which in turn are eaten by larger creatures, in turn
eaten by ourselves.

It took only a century for humans to discover the dodo and drive it to extinction.
But annihilation is now too speedy and commonplace for us to even recognise
each species: we are sending creatures to their deaths before we know what
they are. In many more cases species will survive, but in far tinier numbers. The
biomass of wild animals has fallen by 82%; hedgehog populations in the British
countryside halved in the last half-century.
In contrast, our own population soars, and so does its consumption. Climate
change is one of the major causes of this catastrophe, bleaching corals and
damaging habitats. Any sensible strategy must consider them together, as an
environmental emergency. But there are also specific challenges to wildlife,
including the replacement of forests by fields of cows; overfishing; the impact of
pesticides and fertilisers; the pollution of air and water and soil; and the spread
of plastics through our oceans and food chains.
Government leaders must press this issue by raising it personally instead of
leaving it to ministers; Emmanuel Macron has pledged to do so when he hosts
the G7 summit this year. They should start now: next autumn, countries
will meet in China for a UN conference on biodiversity, setting new targets.
There has been shamefully slow progress towards the existing ones, drawn up
in Japan in 2010, though there have been some successes. The US never even
ratified the convention on biological diversity, hindering its chances of gaining
traction. The best hope of progress there is perhaps through a version of a
Green New Deal incorporating biodiversity.
There are already signs of a shift in thinking. A new OECD report makes a bold
call for taxes on wildlife-degrading companies, and the diversion of finance to
biodiversity-boosting projects rather than damaging ones; fossil fuel companies
and agribusiness continue to receive vast subsidies. Many believe a more
radical rethinking of our economic model is needed.
Real change will require a depth of imagination, ambition and sheer
determination which humans have historically struggled to muster. Yet if we
cannot summon the required concern for a million species, we could at least
focus on one: our own. We may not be charmed by Earth’s 5.5
million insectspecies, but we need them to pollinate crops, disperse seeds and
break down waste to enrich the soil. Through ignorance, greed, laziness and
simple lack of attention we are wiping out the very creatures upon whom we
ourselves depend
Analysis
This article talks about what we all know but mostly we do not make
conscience. The extinction of animals derives from the contamination of
humans, is a subject that contains a lot of information. The size of the species
extinction that is taking place is enormous, and as expected human beings are
the culprits of this happening. The article mentions that the United Nations
Global Assessment report warns that more than one million species of plants
and animals are at risk.
It mentions us about the different marine assemblages that exist as the
phytoplankton that is derived in the ocean and is almost not noticed, but still
fulfills its function and absorbs carbon dioxide in addition to being consumed by
zooplankton, which in turn It is consumed by larger creatures, in turn, ourselves.
There is the possibility of keeping species of plants and animals but in small
numbers. Climate change is one of the main causes of this catastrophe, the
discoloration of corals and harmful habitats.
Government leaders must already put in place programs to raise awareness
and also use another plan that works, and not leave this issue in the hands of
the ministers. Soon there will be a meeting at the UN to talk about biodiversity
but he mentions that progress can be slow. We must give more importance to
the issue of the extinction of animals, little by little we have been finishing with
the animals that we have.

Personal opinion
I think that the extinction of animals is something very serious that affects us all,
because we are all part of a chain and if any of its elements are missing it will
be unbalanced, in addition all the animals exist for a reason, have a purpose
and are part of nature. From my point of view we are all guilty that the animals
are becoming extinct, for several reasons.
Because we pollute too much which causes climate change that some animals
sometimes cant resist. Also because we kill they and the worst is that
sometimes for fun and also because we invaded and destroyed their habitat,
which I think is very bad.
We must try to contaminate as little as possible, separate or classify garbage
into organic, inorganic, sanitary and special waste, we must also stop burning
the garbage and using many aerosol products, so we will be avoiding a bit the
global warming that causes climate changes. In addition we must stop invading
and destroying the animals' habitas, stop killing them and hunting them,
especially the females and respecting the life time
Conclusion:

Being able to know what are the reasons for animal extinction can make us
create long-term solutions for animal species do not cease to exist and that
creates a natural imbalance in which chaos is created giving a butterfly effect in
The Biodiversity.
Although there are people working on possible solutions, the work does not just
fall entirely on them, which means that we also have that responsibility that we
must try not to forget this important responsibility and to demand in some way
the right to governments for the protection of this one.
In conclusion the good of this world and its biodiversity rests with us so that it
continues to exist so that the next future generations will inherit them and also
have that human responsibility for the care of their planet, the planet and
biodiversity of all.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/07/the-guardian-view-on-
extinction-time-to-rebel