maintaining our ecosystems

What can we do to maintain our ecosystems

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• By Shobhit Agarwal 5C

Introduction

• Ecosystem consists of plants and animals. If all the ecosystems get destroyed, then the animals will have no place to live and the trees will also die. So we have to save our ecosystems now as responsible citizens. By doing the following steps, we can help conserve them.

Reduce, reuse, recycle

• People buy a lot of plastic and polythene things. When we throw them, these things cannot be decomposed or recycled. So these are dumped into lakes, rivers and oceans. The animals can eat the harmful plastics and die. So we should follow the 3 Rs- reduce, reuse and recycle. We should replace plastic with recyclable things such as paper.
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Minimizing the usage of pesticides

• Pesticides are used for agricultural usage. They can go underground and make their way to the ocean and harm marine life. They can be replaced by manure which is eco-friendly.
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• Caption: Pesticides

Building proper sewage infrastructure

• Our homes produce waste and dirty water called sewage. If it is not disposed properly, then it can spread diseases. The sewage water can also reach the oceans and make the water dirty.
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• Caption: Sewage water

Stop killing of animals

• Animals are killed by hunters for fur, ivory, leather, etc. This can cause ecological imbalance. Killing of animals can also make some animal species endangered or extinct. We have to stop the hunting of animals in order to save our ecosystems.
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• Caption: Man hunting stag.

Planting more trees

• Every day, hundreds of trees are cut. So we can at least plant a tree. They help in reducing greenhouse gases and avoiding droughts.
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Stopping climate change

• The ice sheets in Antarctica and arctic are melting due to climate change. The extra water can raise sea levels and the animals living in those places will also not survive. We can stop climate change by reducing our carbon footprint and planting more trees.
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• Caption: Ice melting in polar regions.

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