Introduction
Wildlife sustains the life on earth. Without
wildlife mankind would not have existed. The wildlife provides food, fuel, and
other important elements that supports the human life and ecosystem. In this
essay, the discussion will focus at two areas; the importance of conservation
and protection of wildlife and the role conservation plays for the future
development of PNG .The discussion will reflect Ramu Valley settings, which contributes
to the national goal of conserving and protecting the wildlife and finally wind
up with summary.
What is wildlife? According to
Oxford Dictionary (2002), wildlife is refers to animals, birds, and other
living things, sometimes including vegetation, living in a natural
undomesticated state.
Firstly, the importance of conservation and
protection of wildlife is an idea Conservationist promotes so that the Earth's
natural resources is conserve for future development. Conservationist is a
person who work hard to save the Earth's natural resources and conservation is the
protection and wise use of natural resources.
What natural resources can be found within Ramu
Valley? They are plants, animals, air, insects, reptiles, water and land (etc.).
These things makes life easier for man and wildlife on earth including Ramu Valley.
For example; in 2014 during dry season Warias Creek
was dammed by Ramu Agri-Industries to water the seed sugarcane fields, preserving
the seed sugarcane field so that its seedlings are plant in commercial fields.
The birds and other animals drinks from Warias Creek thus it save the lives of
other natural resources to support the ecosystem during the biggest dry season.
Some natural’s resources are renewable while others are nonrenewable.
The renewable resources are plants, they can be
cut down but or replace with new ones; animals are renewable through
reproduction, water and soil are also renewable resources. Ramu Agri-Industries
needs healthy soil to plant sugarcanes, grow grass at Gusap Downs to feed the cattle.
The fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources. They
includes coal, oil and natural gas. The plants and animals died millions of
years ago which have turned into fossil fuels. The increase of human population
have simultaneously increase the demand for fossil, in this way deleting them
at the faster rate.
Many of the natural resources are used for
various purposes. The land in Ramu Valley is scarce natural resources. The
company like Ramu Agri-Industries needs healthy soil to grow the sugarcanes,
farm cattle, and grow oil palm tress.
The water is an important resource for domestic
and for commercial use and the wildlife drink from it. The Warias Creek dam is
use to water the seed sugarcane field during dry season.
The Ramu Valley has clean air that is good for her
inhabitants and it’s a home of many natural resources like insects, birds,
snake and grasslands.
Secondly, the important role conservation plays
for the future development needs of Papua New Guinea. The more tropical forests
are harvest for commercial purposes as well domesticate needs, the
carbondioxide will increase thus affects the lives of wildlife as well human.
The wildlife will have not homes to live in or feed on it. They die out thus
will affect the ecosystem that will have ripple impact on lives of people as
well as wildlife. Many wildlife endanger species will die. The future
generations will not have opportunity to see them and use them.
Year in year out, the Ramu sugarcane field and
the valley's grassland are victims of fire. If there is continuous burning of
sugarcane fields, grasslands- the home to wildlife and cutting down trees,
there will be many environmental effects as well as economic consequence. Many
wildlife will disappears in the flames of fire.
More the top soil expose to sunlight, it become
vulnerable to wind and rain. The win will blows them away while rain will cause
soil erosion which ends up in the creeks and rivers that affects the wildlife
living in there.
The country needs to protect endanger species so
that future development needs is protected. The current generations must
cautions the way the natural resources is used to provide opportunity for
future generations.
The country needs to establish many wildlife
parks so that future generations have the opportunity to see for them and use
them for survival. For example; many reptiles or plants homes and sources food
are destroyed hunt for food or human consumption, as a result, many of these
wildlife die out. As a result of human
action, the future development needs will be affected.
Hence, it is important that educational awareness
is essential method to educate the local communities to conserve and protect
many wildlife so that future development needs is protected. For example; future Scientists needs plants,
reptiles or the wildlife to conduct research to finds answer for many medical
diseases that may arise in future as current science is not future solution.
The science is developing subject, in this way, future science find its own
solution using natural resources today’s generation persevere.
In summary, the conservation and protection of wildlife is very
important. The human population has increased at the same time demand for
natural resources has increased. This is likely to future affect future
development needs and future generation will no opportunity like we have today.
The government, non-government organizations and
private sectors should heavily invest more resources to persevere the
extinction of wildlife to run community educational awareness program through
Papua New Guinea.
Written byLuanoska Kange- Grade 11 student
