Half of Earth's species could go extinct by 2050 unless humanity addresses man-made climate change, according to biologists. There have been five mass extinctions in the history of planet Earth. The most recent occurred 65 million years ago which wiped out the dinosaurs.
Natural disasters, such as droughts and wildfires, have an impact on animal populations. However, nothing about these recent disasters have been natural. A century ago, there were an estimated 5 million elephants in Africa. Today, due to poachers, ivory hunters and encroachment, there are only about 450,000 surviving elephants.
The increasing human population is directly correlating to an excessive amount of human needs. We cut entire forests to plant palms for fuel and cooking oil. We overfish oceans that are already polluted by plastic. We have disrupted great forests and many other wild ecosystems on our planet that developed over thousands of years.
The Giant Panda, Asian Elephant and South China Tiger are just a few animals of many which face extinction. As with many of the content in our posts - all of this can be prevented. We can save all these species not just by 2050, but right now.
Everyone can make a difference and at Eco Giant we believe it is important to show people how. Check out our last post on how you should take care of animals and look out for future posts where we will go into more detail on how you can make a difference. Change starts now.
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