Wildlife and the blue underwater world: Too precious to lose.

 

This earth I was made for all beings not just human beings. Human beings also part of this earth in a similar way to wild animals, flora and fauna, marine ecosystem. The Australian zookeeper, wildlife expert, environmentalist and conservationist, Steve Irwin, once declared that "We don't own the planet earth we belong to it. And we must share it with our wildlife". Yet the bitter reality evokes the reversal of this statement, where mankind tend to dominate Earth.

                         Humankind is regarded as the most sophisticated and intellectual spieces on the planet Earth. Unfortunately, it is sad to acknowledge that human beings being the only species endowed with the capacity to understand nature manage it in a desperately poor manner. This shows the irony of life as it is widely seen that animals try to live with nature. Yet man tries to change nature.

                          This is not an attempt to protest against change and transformation or the development of the mankind. Far from it, this is an attempt to save wildlife and underwater world apart from the pollutions caused by humankind. This is to warn about humankind's ability in self-destruct. Hence, this is a reminder for people to be kind to every kind not just mankind.

                          Substantially, wildlife is an important part of the ecosystem as it immensely serves in maintaining the ecological stability. The ecosystem and the biodiversity is often linked with wildlife to conserve the diversity of life on earth.

                        In modern debates about wildlife and underwater world the significance is given to utmost digital necessities of people. Expanding human demands on land and sea along with modernisation and industrialisation have made people to choose digital priorities over biodiversity.

                        Wildlife being an environmental asset have always been a critical resource for human beings. Simultaneously, underwater world is also regarded as the most precious resource on our planet. But do we consider and discuss about water in every possible situations or only when we are in drought?

                         Life below water is a global goal. It is precious as well as endangered in a similar way to wildlife. A major portion of species living in oceans have not yet been discovered. But the blue underwater world is threatened by environmental pollutions, illegal fishing and ocean warming. In fact, at this rate there will be more acid and plastic than fish in the oceans. This threat of plastic pollution to marine ecosystem is considered as a massive environmental problem in today's society. Thus, it really rain forces the man's ability in self-destruct.

                        Wildlife and blue underwater world significantly play vital roles in protecting Earth. As human beings it is our responsibility to save our biodiversity. Thus, it is obvious that if we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.

Written by  Fathima Ramla Kitchilan