The people are now seen
the sign and living the consequence of the acts that society have done to this world.
Acts that are slowly destroying and killing the environment that surround us. Now, in our time of reflection,
humanity must act upon this. We have to change our actions before it is too late.
In the northern part of Guayama there is an area that contain a vast amount of mangrove trees. A beautiful ecosystem full of endangered species and wildlife beyond compare. They are also the nursing home of many marine creature. A study made by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) shows that one can find 25 more species of marine animal in a coral reef that is near a mangrove forest than in one that doesn’t. They also serve as a barrier, not letting high quantities of sediment and stopping the pollution from reaching the seas and the coral reefs. It is not far fetch to say that the mangroves are the epicenter of the marine life. Now they face an even bigger problem, men with the power of technology.
In the northern part of Guayama there is an area that contain a vast amount of mangrove trees. A beautiful ecosystem full of endangered species and wildlife beyond compare. They are also the nursing home of many marine creature. A study made by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) shows that one can find 25 more species of marine animal in a coral reef that is near a mangrove forest than in one that doesn’t. They also serve as a barrier, not letting high quantities of sediment and stopping the pollution from reaching the seas and the coral reefs. It is not far fetch to say that the mangroves are the epicenter of the marine life. Now they face an even bigger problem, men with the power of technology.
A
company that helps to give energy to Puerto Rico bought part of the area.
Instead of protecting the area they dried the swamp up, cut the mangrove to
place solar panels. This is now causing
the ecosystem of the area to become unbalance. Examples of this can be the increase
in the rate of extinctions of many species that called the area their home,
with an alarming drop in the levels of water and causing the death of many
other mangroves in the area.
Now more than ever, the
citizens are been call to open the eyes and see the things that are happening
around us. Look and act on the things that surround us with the goal to find what
the best thing for this world is. To understand the full meaning of life and
try to live by it. Because, ironically, nature most suffer in order to protect
it.
Reference from:
Battle, Jessica. "WWF - Deforestation Threatens
the Cradle of Reef Diversity." WWF. WWF, 02 Dec. 2004. Web. 13 Feb. 2014.
<http://www.wwfca.org/about/countries/belize/?uNewsID=16870>.
Mangroves are very important when it comes to maintain a healthy biodiversity, that’s why I’m very glad that you talked about this topic. These are the only trees that can grow in salt water, they normally grow in places between land and sea having a variety of different marine species, and also, birds and even some mammals. Therefore, having these many varieties of species makes mangroves one of the most important ecosystems in the whole world (birdlife.org). This is why I can agree with when you said that “humanity must act upon this.” It is time for us to take action because if we keep destroying mangroves or making any other acts like this against the health of nature we are going to see and live very bad consequences. Because destroying nature is destroying humanity, if we destroy our home we destroy ourselves.
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Perdomo, Laura. “Facts: What are mangroves?” Mangrove Alliance. BirdLife International Americas, 2013. Web. 21 Feb. 2014
In this reply I will be trying to assist you with the wording and paragraph development of your essay. In the first paragraph I would wrote: "The people are now seeing the signs and living the consequences of the acts that men along with the advances of technology have done to this world. Acts that are slowly destroying and killing the environment that surround us. Now, in our time of reflection, humanity must act upon this. We have to change our actions before it is too late." In the second paragraph I would add at the end "men with technology." In the second sentence of the third paragraph you should write "become unbalance" instead of "be unbalance." And that's all, you really did a very good job, I hope this helps. :D
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