Human Activity and its impact on the environment

careless mistakes

equipment breaking

natural disasters lik hurricanes

careful planification of how to handle it

Marine mamals like otters get covered in oil and lose their ability to insulate.

Birds lose the water repellency of their feathers.

The ability of fish to reproduce is affected

Global warming

Making open pit mines to grab as much dirt as possible.

Separating the gold dust from the dirt.

Processing with cyanide, arsenic and mercury.

Individuals breaking the rock and getting big pieces of gold

Creation of waste water laced with cyanide, arsenic and mercury.

Stomach cancer in people

Decimation of fish population.

Ilnesses in livestock

Increased wealth for the people in Cajamarca-Peru

Miners blow up parts of the mountain with explosions

It doesn't, it is only the burning of col that is bad for the environment.

Miners just cut down trees, but later that ecosystem can recover.

It doesn't since most of this mining happens underground

Rock material ends up in the rivers where things like iron, magnesium and calcium get dissolved.

Miners throw garbage into the rivers

Miners introduced a new type of fish in the environment.

Miners fish there so that they can eat.

You can take the water and set it on fire.

The water is filled with parasites and bacteria

One person went blind because of the water.

Water tastes bad, but that is about it.

In big boats with tools like sonars and radars to catch huge amount of fish

Relaxing in a tiny boat and patiently reeling in the day's catch

Only near the coasts and on the top part of the ocean

Further from the coasts and deeper than ever before.

Unwanted animals that get caught and then are thrown back dead to the water.

Caught fish that fishermen sell for less money.

Fish that are raised in special places only for the purpose of eating them.

Fishing species before they have enough time to reproduce and replenish.

Targeting specific species like sharks for their fins.

Catching only the species that they are targetting.

Dragging nets the size of a foot-ball all over the ecosystem

Governments can set limits of how, when, where and how much fishing occurs.

Harmful practices such as bottom trawling can be banned.

Buying shark fins and endangered fish species to eat.

Establish marine reserves closed to all fishing

The Ecuadorian government is not controlling the boats in that area

Chinese fishermen have a special permit that allows the to fish there.

Chinese fishermen are fishing in international waters near the reserve.

It is a major cause of habitat loss as forests are cut down to make space for crops.

It takes tons of water to produce one kg of beef.

It is good for people because they get more food options.

Cows produce methane which contributes to global warming.

Making environmentally conscious food choices such as eating less beef.

Silvopasture- Raising cattle and trees in the same land so that they can balance each other out.

There is nothing we can do about it, the problem is bigger than what one person can handle.

Promoting less environmentally damaging food like vegan hamburgers

Excessive population growth in cities

People moving to the countryside

Construction of amenities like movie theathers and schools near people.

Increase in air and water pollution

Increase in water consumption

Loss of forest land and wildlife

People have more space, so they do more physical activity and get better health

Cities that promote more walking, biking and public transport.

Building houses that have space to park at least 2 cars.

Cities that conserve green areas.

Creating more amenities like pools, movie theathers, etc

They don't have natural predators or parasites in their new home so their population grows uncontrollably.

They outcompete the native organisms and they eat all of their food sources.

The weather encourages their year-long survival and reproduction so their population grows uncontrollably.

They cause pollution

The kudzu vine in southeastern USA

Burmese python in Florida's everglades

Monkeys in the Amazon basin

European rabbits in Australia

To maintain emblematic species unique to a country

To avoid the introduction of invasive species

Because they want to and they can.

Native goats

Humans

Galapagos tortoise