In my own personal point of view, I see us humans as both invasive species & stewards of the world. There are some situations in which we are just trying to make things better, but in the long run we end up making it worse. This happens unintentionally many times, such as in the following situation. In the 1990's, there were two national parks in Africa in which the elephant population greatly increased. People believed that the best way to deal with this situation would be by killing a selected number of them in order to reduce their numbers. Or else they would eat up all the vegetation, which would not only affect them, but other animals as well. A scientist was against this, & asked them not to do this, but they eventually came to a mutual agreement. That agreement was that one park would be left alone, not touched at all, & the second park was allowed to have its elephant population reduced. A few years later, they found out that the park that was left alone regenerated its vegetation at a natural pace, the elephant popuation was naturally reduced, & everything was back in balance. While the other park that had some of its elephants killed was in poor conditions. As you can see from this situation, what we thought was going to benefit this ecosystem, in reality ended up harming it & affecting it negatively. Sometimes our quest to take care of & protect the biodiversity of our ecosystems ends up taking a wrong turn somewhere on the path.
Yet, there are other situations in which we know that we are being invasive, but choose to continue anyways. One of the situations that falls under this category is when we cut down trees. We cut down forests more quickly than they can regenerate. As well, we are taking away animals' habitats when we cut trees down. Yet, we do so because we need places to build new buildings, or materials to make objects with. But by getting stuff for ourselves through the cutting of trees, we are snatching away what many animals have strived on. We are well aware of our actions, but we invade other species' territories to meet our own needs. We all have different opinions when it comes down to whether we're invasive or just tending to the ecosystem's needs, but to me I see us as both. We were created to be stewards of the world, but both intentionally & unintentionally we are being invasive species.
Yet, there are other situations in which we know that we are being invasive, but choose to continue anyways. One of the situations that falls under this category is when we cut down trees. We cut down forests more quickly than they can regenerate. As well, we are taking away animals' habitats when we cut trees down. Yet, we do so because we need places to build new buildings, or materials to make objects with. But by getting stuff for ourselves through the cutting of trees, we are snatching away what many animals have strived on. We are well aware of our actions, but we invade other species' territories to meet our own needs. We all have different opinions when it comes down to whether we're invasive or just tending to the ecosystem's needs, but to me I see us as both. We were created to be stewards of the world, but both intentionally & unintentionally we are being invasive species.
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