http://m.panda.org/wwf_news/?207493/Rhino-poaching-crisis-spreads-to-India
What does WWF want to do to assist with the crisis in India? Do you agree or disagree and why?
What do you think the long-term effects will be, and How can we avoid this in other areas?
they want to set up intelligence networks and strengthen the existing ones. these would be enforced with an established law agency. i agree with this. i believe that it is the only way to stop the aggressive poachers, and it may still not be enough.
once rhinos are extinct, the whole food web will change, along with the biodiversity and many aspects of the surrounding environment. we can avoid this in other areas by creating protected areas via preservations and conservations.
1. The WFF wants to assist India with preserving the one horned rhino. I agree with this because by saving this species, it will maintain biodiversity in India, and because every species is important and valuable.
2. I believe that the long term effects from the rhinos disappearing will make it hard for the ecosystem to recover, and this can be avoided by better protecting the species, and making people realize the limitations of the rhino's horn's healing powers.
What do you think the long-term effects will be, and How can we avoid this in other areas?
1) The WWF wants to bolster its intelligence networks in order to perserve the local species of rhinoceros, which I agree wholeheartedly with. It is important to protect species from dangers such as poaching, which threaten to push many to extinction.
2) There will be many impacts on the ecosystem as a result of a loss of the rhinoceros. The ecosystem will suffer in terms of both biodiversity and all of its inherent implications, and also in terms of the implications of species loss on the ecosystem's food web.
1. The WWF wants to figure out a way to reduce the easy accessibility to poach the rhinos especially since these creatures have a wide range of land to roam and as high-powered weapons enable poachers to hunt, kill, and get away before forest guards can get to the scene. The WWF want to implement intelligence networks to be strengthen their view and have a dedicated law enforcement agency established. I agree to try to implement plans to save the rhinos from poaching and illegal trade because, like other extinct species, at this rate, rhinos population will deplete to a point of no return.
2. I think the long -term effects is that this would preserve the wild life and probably lengthen the lives of rhinos. However, there would be debate over rights over these animals since consumers in Viet Nam are willing to pay extremely high prices for medicines made with rhino horn in the mistaken belief that it can cure a number of diseases. The biodiversity in the area would increase, and so this would change their ecosystem to accommodate larger and growing rhino population in the far future.
1. The WWF wants to reduce and if possible stop rhino poaching especially since they are endangered and can be spotted easily. They want to implement intelligence networks to strengthen the protection of rhinos. They are also increasing law enforcement in the area as well as maintaining the weapons that the poachers may be using. I agree with the measures that they are taking because rhinos shouldn't be killed for money when they provide so much more for our environment.
2. The long term effect of rhinos becoming extinct is that the environment would be effected immensely. The ecosystem will suffer in the way that biodiversity would decrease and species populations would become out of balance resulting in a snowball effect of increasing populations which could be catastrophic to humans and other species.
1. The WWF's main goal concerning the rhino is to preserve the species and prevent it from being killed by poachers. What they are proposing to do is to spread knowledge of the epidemic around the world and strengthen the country's law enforcement agency. They believe that if the government officials enforce their laws to a greater extent, then poachers will be scared to get caught, due to the punishments that the government will enforce, and then as a result they wouldn't end up poaching any more animals.
2. If the rhinos become extinct, then it will affect the balance of the ecosystem. As a result, the environment's total biodiversity will go down and any other specie that relies on rhinos to live (parasites that live on the rhinos, or animals that eat rhinos) will be negatively affected and their population numbers will decrease as well. Rhinos are a keystone species, meaning that if they become extinct, many other different species will be affected as well.
1. They are running an international campaign to try to pressure governments into making these trades illegal, and to try to enforce these laws better. 2. The extinction of the rhinos will cause some imbalances in the ecosystem. Since they are fairly powerful creatures, anything that they used to depend on for food will likely experience a major overpopulation problem, which may cause the extinction of other species, because the overpopulation will cause more demand for food for the former rhinos' source of food.
1. To assist with the rhino crisis in India, the WWF wants to strengthen intelligence networks and a dedicated law enforcement agency established. I agree with their tactics because every species should be preserved due to biodiversity and I think it is stupid to kill these rhinos for their horns when they don't even help in medicine.
2. If the rhino population becomes extinct, then biodiversity will decrease because there are many species that rely on the rhino to survive. To avoid rhino extinction in other places, education, legislation, and persecution against poaching rhinos will surely help their survival.
1. The WWF has a campaign of consumer education to reduce the demand for rhino horn and other wildlife products worldwide. It's other goal is to strengthen intelligence networks and achieve better enforcement among law enforcement agencies to reduce the poaching that results in wildlife deaths. Education and law enforcement both seem to be appropriate ways to reduce wildlife poaching. A reduction in demand for wildlife productions should lead to a reduction in poaching. 2. Wildlife poaching is only one risk to endangered species. The long-term effects of education and law enforcement will hopefully reduce poaching, but it does not address the effects of pollution and shrinking habitats for wildlife. While the WWF may be able to poaching through its efforts, the long-term view is pretty bleak for endangered species.
1- To assist with the crisis in India, the WWF wishes to stop rhino poaching. They want to make people aware of the endangered species, with different campaigns, through their company. I completely agree with their initiative, I believe it is important to protect the few animals left of that species, in order to keep it living as long as it possibly can.
2- I believe that, in the long-term, if rhinos become an extinct species, other species will have a hard time living, as it will affect many different ecosystems. We can avoid this in other areas by not waiting for species to be endangered to make a population aware of the different problems poaching will cause, along with make campaigns sooner.
1. The WWF is trying to push the government into action. They are running an international campaign against illegal wildlife trading. They are trying to push the government into protecting animals from poaching and also from using illegal trade of animals across the boarders. Also they believe that dedicated law enforcement is needed, and better intelligence work is needed.
2. The long term effect will be a tug of war between poachers and the WWF. I think that the WWF will "beef up" security and then poachers will be forced to become more and more organized and skilled. This event can be prevented in other areas by using better law enforcement, and possibly more severe consequences for poaching to try and stop the act of poaching.
they want to set up intelligence networks and strengthen the existing ones. these would be enforced with an established law agency. i agree with this. i believe that it is the only way to stop the aggressive poachers, and it may still not be enough.
ReplyDeleteonce rhinos are extinct, the whole food web will change, along with the biodiversity and many aspects of the surrounding environment. we can avoid this in other areas by creating protected areas via preservations and conservations.
1. The WFF wants to assist India with preserving the one horned rhino. I agree with this because by saving this species, it will maintain biodiversity in India, and because every species is important and valuable.
ReplyDelete2. I believe that the long term effects from the rhinos disappearing will make it hard for the ecosystem to recover, and this can be avoided by better protecting the species, and making people realize the limitations of the rhino's horn's healing powers.
What do you think the long-term effects will be, and How can we avoid this in other areas?
1) The WWF wants to bolster its intelligence networks in order to perserve the local species of rhinoceros, which I agree wholeheartedly with. It is important to protect species from dangers such as poaching, which threaten to push many to extinction.
ReplyDelete2) There will be many impacts on the ecosystem as a result of a loss of the rhinoceros. The ecosystem will suffer in terms of both biodiversity and all of its inherent implications, and also in terms of the implications of species loss on the ecosystem's food web.
1. The WWF wants to figure out a way to reduce the easy accessibility to poach the rhinos especially since these creatures have a wide range of land to roam and as high-powered weapons enable poachers to hunt, kill, and get away before forest guards can get to the scene. The WWF want to implement intelligence networks to be strengthen their view and have a dedicated law enforcement agency established.
ReplyDeleteI agree to try to implement plans to save the rhinos from poaching and illegal trade because, like other extinct species, at this rate, rhinos population will deplete to a point of no return.
2. I think the long -term effects is that this would preserve the wild life and probably lengthen the lives of rhinos. However, there would be debate over rights over these animals since consumers in Viet Nam are willing to pay extremely high prices for medicines made with rhino horn in the mistaken belief that it can cure a number of diseases. The biodiversity in the area would increase, and so this would change their ecosystem to accommodate larger and growing rhino population in the far future.
1. The WWF wants to reduce and if possible stop rhino poaching especially since they are endangered and can be spotted easily. They want to implement intelligence networks to strengthen the protection of rhinos. They are also increasing law enforcement in the area as well as maintaining the weapons that the poachers may be using. I agree with the measures that they are taking because rhinos shouldn't be killed for money when they provide so much more for our environment.
ReplyDelete2. The long term effect of rhinos becoming extinct is that the environment would be effected immensely. The ecosystem will suffer in the way that biodiversity would decrease and species populations would become out of balance resulting in a snowball effect of increasing populations which could be catastrophic to humans and other species.
1. The WWF's main goal concerning the rhino is to preserve the species and prevent it from being killed by poachers. What they are proposing to do is to spread knowledge of the epidemic around the world and strengthen the country's law enforcement agency. They believe that if the government officials enforce their laws to a greater extent, then poachers will be scared to get caught, due to the punishments that the government will enforce, and then as a result they wouldn't end up poaching any more animals.
ReplyDelete2. If the rhinos become extinct, then it will affect the balance of the ecosystem. As a result, the environment's total biodiversity will go down and any other specie that relies on rhinos to live (parasites that live on the rhinos, or animals that eat rhinos) will be negatively affected and their population numbers will decrease as well. Rhinos are a keystone species, meaning that if they become extinct, many other different species will be affected as well.
1. They are running an international campaign to try to pressure governments into making these trades illegal, and to try to enforce these laws better.
ReplyDelete2. The extinction of the rhinos will cause some imbalances in the ecosystem. Since they are fairly powerful creatures, anything that they used to depend on for food will likely experience a major overpopulation problem, which may cause the extinction of other species, because the overpopulation will cause more demand for food for the former rhinos' source of food.
1. To assist with the rhino crisis in India, the WWF wants to strengthen intelligence networks and a dedicated law enforcement agency established. I agree with their tactics because every species should be preserved due to biodiversity and I think it is stupid to kill these rhinos for their horns when they don't even help in medicine.
ReplyDelete2. If the rhino population becomes extinct, then biodiversity will decrease because there are many species that rely on the rhino to survive. To avoid rhino extinction in other places, education, legislation, and persecution against poaching rhinos will surely help their survival.
1. The WWF has a campaign of consumer education to reduce the demand for rhino horn and other wildlife products worldwide. It's other goal is to strengthen intelligence networks and achieve better enforcement among law enforcement agencies to reduce the poaching that results in wildlife deaths.
ReplyDeleteEducation and law enforcement both seem to be appropriate ways to reduce wildlife poaching. A reduction in demand for wildlife productions should lead to a reduction in poaching.
2. Wildlife poaching is only one risk to endangered species. The long-term effects of education and law enforcement will hopefully reduce poaching, but it does not address the effects of pollution and shrinking habitats for wildlife. While the WWF may be able to poaching through its efforts, the long-term view is pretty bleak for endangered species.
1- To assist with the crisis in India, the WWF wishes to stop rhino poaching. They want to make people aware of the endangered species, with different campaigns, through their company. I completely agree with their initiative, I believe it is important to protect the few animals left of that species, in order to keep it living as long as it possibly can.
ReplyDelete2- I believe that, in the long-term, if rhinos become an extinct species, other species will have a hard time living, as it will affect many different ecosystems. We can avoid this in other areas by not waiting for species to be endangered to make a population aware of the different problems poaching will cause, along with make campaigns sooner.
1. The WWF is trying to push the government into action. They are running an international campaign against illegal wildlife trading. They are trying to push the government into protecting animals from poaching and also from using illegal trade of animals across the boarders. Also they believe that dedicated law enforcement is needed, and better intelligence work is needed.
ReplyDelete2. The long term effect will be a tug of war between poachers and the WWF. I think that the WWF will "beef up" security and then poachers will be forced to become more and more organized and skilled. This event can be prevented in other areas by using better law enforcement, and possibly more severe consequences for poaching to try and stop the act of poaching.