Elephant
By: Ian Sawe
Nature, provides humanity with magical gifts and treasures, which when lost, is gone forever never to be retrieved. Climate change is increasingly erasing each part of our planets biodiversity and rapidly interfering with functions of ecosystems.
Over 100 elephants are reported to have died in the Tsavo ecosystem due to the ongoing drought experienced across the country. With the elephant’s population being at a risk of extinction by the year 2050, its time different global mitigation measures are implemented to curb the severe effects of climate change on wildlife which has over time been neglected.
In numerous parts of Africa, such as South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Congo wildlife serves as a key component in economic growth in tourism sectors boosting the country’s foreign exchange. It’s therefore important for the international Community to pull up and create major steps in ensuring wildlife is not endangered to erosion by climate change
Protection of different flora and fauna which play a great role in balance of a sustainable ecosystem should be embraced worldwide as humanity entirely depends on nature natural events such as fresh rain for crop growth and drinking water among others.
The human population not left to chance is also adversely being affected through the changes on prolonged drought and famine causing hunger and severe malnutrition cases due to food shortages, inadequate rainfall and some parts of the globe seeing extreme rainfalls and heavy storms causing migration and misplacement.
Quick action is needed to restore a balanced natural environment for a comfortable living for both wildlife and humans not only now, but also for future generations to come to enjoy beautiful habitable spaces full of life.
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