The Main Environmental Problem: Species Loss vs. Other Issues
IELTS Writing Task 2
Response: These days there is a contentious discussion on the subject of preserving endangered species. While the first group argues that the extinction of any flora and fauna has the huge devastating impact on our planet, the others argue that there are more significant environmental issues that should be considered as our priority. In this essay, I intend to discuss both viewpoints, and in my perspective, the former group’s mindset is more acceptable.
On the one hand, the latter group justify the idea that extinction of specific species is not the biggest environmental concern in our modern world. They convey that, pollution resulted from urbanisation is considered as the principal environmental complication. Nowadays by developing industrialization, humans are putting a major strain on the nature. Many repercussions such as acid rain, global warming, greenhouse gasses are driven from human activities which are influencing the nature negatively which are more considerably have a negative consequences on Earth.
Yet, the other group, including myself, believes that the disappearance of plants and animals is the most concerning problem which should be our priority because of two main reasons. At the heart of the matter is the imbalance of the ecosystem obtained from extinction. When a particular species is removed from the nature, it makes some alternation to the food chain. As it is considered the prey of other species and other animals in that habitat, rely on them for their survival, this disappearance put the other creatures at risk. More importantly, it has an impact on human’s life directly or indirectly. Humans consume many of these species as a source of their food, therefore, when one of them is become extinct, our survival as a part of this chain is on threat.
In conclusion, environmental issues nowadays are numerous and while some people say that the other environmental problems like global warming is so considerable, I contend that the matter of extinction is the most environmental concern.