Preserving The FutureConservation Philosophy Due to the growth of human population and the adverse effects of our activities on our planet, we urgently need to understand, appreciate and conserve wild creatures and their natural habitats. Here are several reasons why we must conserve our wildlife resources: While environmental change and extinction of species are natural processes, human activities are also threatening all things wild, both plants and animals. We – at the same time – are the only species capable of consciously modifying its behavior and environment. As caretakers of the planet, it is our responsibility to respect and manage Earth’s natural resources, including human population itself. Given the interdependence of plants and animals within ecosystems, our own survival as a species depends on nature’s food webs, climates, air, nutrients and water cycles. A major imbalance in any one of these could affect the lives of millions of people as well as other animals and their environments. Habitat destruction can lead not only to the decline of species but to erosion, flooding and watershed destruction. All these make human existence tenuous. Extreme imbalance could eventually mean extinction of life on Earth. When we think of wildlife conservation, we tend to think of the larger, more imposing plants or animals. In reality, it is the smallest forms of life that make the most difference. We depend on microbes for everything from photosynthesis and oxygen restoration to all the food produced on earth. We depend on insects to pollinate our crops. The destruction of habitats ultimately reduces our own food supplies. Depletion of wildlife resources reduces genetic diversity, which is essential to survival in a constantly changing world. And finally – what is for humans probably the most compelling of all reasons to manage wildlife resources wisely – we must maintain the natural beauty of plant and animal life for generations to come. Our aesthetic quality of life depends on it. The art, educational programs and facilities of The Wildlife Experience are all intended to promote understanding of these precious resources and inspire efforts to conserve them. Overall, the aims of The Wildlife Experience, like those of the conservation movement in general, are summed up in Henry David Thoreau’s famous phrase in his essay, "Walking": "in Wildness is the preservation of the World." |
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