When looking to purchase wood for your home such as furniture or flooring a good practice is to ask questions and check that you are using sustainable species of wood as this helps prevent deforestation. You can find out more information by visiting the FSC website. Palm oil is a cause of deforestation and unfortunately it is in almost everything we consume from food to shampoo but there are ways to minimise your use.
Home cooking helps avoid using processed foods that contain palm oil, read labels to look for sustainable or palm oil free products and become familiar with the different names used for palm oil, that way you can spot what products have palm oil. When thinking of wildlife many people think of the countryside or far off places, but sometimes they are closer to home than you realise, and there are many tips around the home that you can do to help protect them.
Here are a few of them:. Millions of birds die from hitting into windows every year, but by added decals onto your windows you can reduce the risk of collisions. Our gardens can be wildlife havens for many endangered species from insects to mammals with some simple steps. Here are a few key steps:. Plant native flora to attract native insects like bees and butterflies that can help pollinate your plants. Build a wildlife pond- it can be as simple as burying a shallow bucket into the ground and filling it up with rainwater.
Best to place it in a part sunny, part shady spot and add plants to oxygenate the water. Reduce mowing your lawn or even leave a patch of grass to grow long to create space for wildlife. Start studying about how you can assist in pressuring government officials on issue policies and decisions regarding endangered species.
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To lead by example is the most effective way to show people how to start changing their lives. The one action with the most pronounced impact on the preservation of the environment is to become a vegan. Animal farming is the number one cause of water consumption, pollution, and deforestation.
Livestock has a higher greenhouse effect on the atmosphere than fossil fuel consumption. The farming industry is the principle cause of rainforest demise, soil erosion, habitat loss, species extinction and dead zones in the oceans. If you have a backyard, plant native flowers, trees, and bushes. These provide food and shelter for all sorts of wildlife, including insects like bees and butterflies which can also help pollinate your plants — a win-win! But be careful not to plant non-native plants also known as exotic plants.
These are often actually invasive species, which compete or even prey on native species for food and resources, increasing their risk of extinction. You could try some window or balcony plants, a window bird feeder, or something else small.
Similarly, the Congo Basin Rainforest home to our Mai Ndombe project is home to several endangered gorilla species — and is a key mining location for minerals used in electronics. Just be respectful and responsible as a tourist. You can take steps to support native wildlife by visiting a wildlife sanctuary to contribute to preservation efforts.
You can also avoid buying souvenirs made with products like tortoise shell or ivory, as they might be traded on the black market. Responsible wildlife tourism should support both the people and animals who live in those environments. So if you are traveling through a forest environment, consider supporting the communities that call that forest home — stay local, eat local, and buy local.
Your money can ensure that people have the means to protect their natural treasures. But what about the Great Atlantic Garbage Patch?
Both of these are mostly plastic, and a menace to countless marine species like whales, turtles, dolphins, and fish. So if you can, avoid single-use plastics, and recycle what you do use. Not only do landfills take up a lot of space, but animals often mistake plastic for food, and waste like plastic bags and bottles often ends up in the sea. Use reusable bottles and containers, or compostable ones.
Habitat loss, invasive species, and severe weather have all taken a severe toll on birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies, and bees. All types of wildlife are declining—in many cases dramatically. We need urgent action to protect vulnerable wildlife. The National Wildlife Federation works to defend, strengthen, fund, and ensure effective implementation of the Endangered Species Act and other core wildlife protection laws.
One of the best ways to protect endangered species is to prevent their decline and deterioration in the first place. Toward that end, National Wildlife Federation works to maintain healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plant species through promoting broad-based conservation efforts such as State Wildlife Action Plans. Climate change is making the protection of endangered species increasingly challenging.
Climate change not only affects our plants and animals directly —through changes in temperature and precipitation for instance—but can worsen the impact on endangered species of traditional threats, such as invasive species, wildfires and diseases. The National Wildlife Federation is playing a leadership role in developing and promoting innovative approaches for climate-smart conservation that can safeguard endangered species and other wildlife in the face of a changing climate.
A groundbreaking bipartisan bill aims to address the looming wildlife crisis before it's too late, while creating sorely needed jobs. More than one-third of U.
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