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Threats To National Parks - Coggle Diagram
Threats To National Parks
Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction is the alteration of environmental conditions in which hinder the organism's chance to survive by destroying its home; its habitat. An example of this is wildfires, which can burn down shrubbery destroying organisms habitats.
Action towards stopping things such as wildfires from happening in National Parks and anything else which could destroy habitats, is really up to the government bodies managing the care of national parks and the management of neighbouring estates such as farms, and things like camping grounds in the National Parks, which have things that can cause damage to the surroundings destroying the habitats, etc.
Human overlay within national Parks
This is a threat towards national parks since majority of national parks in the world have at least more than one road through them. Having roads and buildings within national parks can destroy habitats, cause noise pollution from cars and construction of the infrastructure.
Action to minimize the amount of human overlay in national parks is proposing the cancellation of making new roads in national parks if there is and instead redoing the 'old roads' to a high standard, so they will last longer, the same for buildings and any other types of infrastructures.
Visitor Experience
Allowing camping sites, hikes and vehicle availability in National Parks are all form of 'Visitor experience'. This is a threat because when a National Park is exceptionally popular, the areas allocated can become overcrowded, and this can cause major littering problems and disturb the animals which live in the areas near allocated ones. People also whilst in national parks tend to take things such as sticks or large rocks, which is fine if one or two people did but if everyone did then there would probably be no rocks left. Visitors also use motorized BMX Bikes or motorized boats, which can cause sound pollution disturbing the animals\organisms in the surrounding environment.
Action to help reduce if not stop the impact of visitors on national parks are the rules in place, which stop the type of things your allowed to bring in that may cause noise pollution and the fees that you pay to go into the national park which help to fund signs, and equipment to signal what is allowed and clean up after visitors.
Climate Change
Climate change is a threat towards national parks since how the earth is changing due to climate change will impact the formation of the landscapes in the national parks, impacting the organisms living there. For example the Glacier National Park in Montana, U.S.A, where the glaciers are melting, or how fire seasons may appear out of nowhere and increase in length and severity.
Action we can take towards climate changes impacts on national parks is by doing things in general to help stop climate change. These things don't have to be big things such as starting a protest, they can be little things like saving energy at home, cutting down on carbon emissions by riding your bike instead of going to school by car or bus.
Air\water Pollution
Water and Air pollution have become major threats to national parks. Water pollution in rivers can reach water supplies in national parks intoxicating their water supply depriving majority of organisms who need water often, decreasing they're survival chances, eventually spreading across the whole national park effecting even the trees too. Air pollution effects national parks by decreasing the visibility conditions possibly impacting animals, and possibly intoxicating plants affecting their ability to grow, causing less trees and plants to be able to reduce the carbon in our atmosphere, contributing to climate change.
Taking action is the same as taking action towards climate change since pollution is a factor of climate change, so doing things like saving energy at home, cutting down on carbon emissions by riding your bike instead of going to school by car or bus, buying energy efficient appliances and being mindful of your everyday decisions and how they can be effective\how they maybe aren't.
Adjacent development
Adjacent development is a threat towards National parks because many developments\mining areas are on the edge of national parks pushing into them. And even if the development is on the outside of the park the development can still pose threats of water\air pollution and other vital parts of the environment inside the park.
Action to take against development, recommended by the government, is to have plans in place to be able to control any damage that may be issued by the adjacent development.
Invasive Species
Invasive species are a threat to national parks because they can destroy much of what national parks work to protect, preserve and conserve: the native species and heritage sites. An example is a rabbit which isn't native and is eating all the grass in a national park depriving native species of plant to grow and native species of animal to eat the grass, since rabbits also breed quickly too.
Action we can take to avoid this is like climate change doing simple things to stop the spread of invasive plant species, such as cleaning your boat, checking plants your buying are not invasive, cleaning your hiking boots and don't pack fruits that you know will go off when travelling. To take action against invasive animal species, is support the culling of that species\removal process.