Wildlife Conservation: Its importance and benefits to all

1. Wildlife Conservation: Its importance and benefits to all Marise Rodriguez Penn State Hazleton CAS 100 Speech Communication October 9, 2009

2. Let’s watch this: • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6zABZ4RKg • The video outlines the fact that Wildlife Conservation is not only beneficial to nature and animals but also to each and everyone in this room. • It is important to preserve our exotic plants and animals as we co-exist with them.

3. I hope to discuss in the next 5 to 7 minutes important facts and bits of information on: • Wildlife Conservation • Its Importance • Benefits of Wildlife Conservation

4. Visit: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_of_wildlife_conservation http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-wildlife-conservation.htm

5. Why is Wildlife Conservation Important? • Let’s begin exploring how animals and nature co-exist in the ecological cycle of life.

6. Animals and plants co-exist • within ecological cycle of life. • While plants provide food and shelter for animals to hide from their predators or hunters., animals help the spread and growth of plants . (Wildlife Conservation Society) http://wiki.resalliance.org/images/3/33/AdaptiveCycle.jpg

7. Animals eat fruits and spread seeds to grow in several areas of the wild • In the deserts of North Africa, elephants eat the fruits that have fallen from the trees and deposit the seeds in their droppings several miles away. • In South American jungles, monkeys eat figs and other fruit, carrying some away in their stomachs anddropping others onto the ground. • In South Africa, even ants carry seeds into theirnests, eat the tasty outer covering and leave the seeds to grow safely underground (Visit: http://www.mbgnet.net/pfg/cycles/pollin/7.htm) http://theseedsite.co.uk/sdanimal.html

8. Examples of co-existent cycle

9. Since animals and plants co-exist, efforts to preserve wildlife are exerted.

10. If we don’t protect and conserve our wildlife… There shall be a great loss of ecological balance that will affect us all resulting to floods, erosion, hunger and starvation.

11. How Do We Benefit from Wildlife Preservation? • Conservation of wildlife not only benefit animals and plants but also human beings. • By having more conservation areas where plants are abundant we may be able to control the carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere • A balanced wildlife eco-system will also provide a continued balance in our own human existence.

12. Benefit from Wildlife Preservation • We are all affected by the cycle of nature and animals and the rehabilitation of the plant • Having more plants and animals cures may be discovered. New forms of medicine can be created . • (Wildlife Conservation Network)

13. Concluding note • Wildlife conservations are important to preserving nature and protecting and benefiting people. • Nature and animals are necessary for people to strive. One may not think so but it’s true. • People tend to over look what these conservations are doing. They feel it is of no importance because it will never have an effect on their lives, I beg to differ.

14. Q&a Marise Rodriguez myr5095@psu.edu

15. references • Wildlife Conservation Society • World Wildlife Fund • Wildlife Conservation Network • www.mbgnet.net/pfg/cycles/pollin/7.htm