Why is it that we continue to  diminish our natural habitats when we have all the resources we need?
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Because we are human. It is in our nature to destroy as we create. Accept it. There is nothing you can do.
233344
More demand for necessities like food, water, etc. resulting in more waste and less space.
228509
to make sure that our planet doesnt get polluted so much with trash, and to conserve more of our resources. duh.
614752
I don't really think they're essential to the global eco-system. If you could magically turn all deserts into plains or something, there are certain animals that you would drive to extinction, but I don't think the Earth would suffer because of it..... BUT humans would then populate vast areas (like the Sahara) that were previously uninhabitable, and pollute the Earth even more... so if you look at it that way, they're important because they limit human expansion.
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no, example look at the tigers in a zoo. there not healthily & they dont feed them like they would out in the wild. so the answer is no we should leave natuer to itself & stop expanding into there area. another example: we could build or use the same buildings that was shut down for one reason or another before we go out and build another in nature area. tear the old building down & build one in its spot. but no that would cost the rich s.o.b to much money. so they go to areas that have alot of wild animals in it & uild there & then when a fox or other animals attact a person they wonder why this happened. DUH!! your in there area were the use to live & now they have to find a new place to live & all.
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As said earlier - HUMANS\n\nas we consume resources and increase population without any control limits. \nand modern humans seem to have lost any self-preservation instinct that might leave a viable eco-system for their off-spring
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I don't think we need to die out to protect nature.  Why? We're capable of making rational decisions and minimizing our harm.  It's just that we tend to refuse to do anything that inconviences us.  We need more emphasis on sexual education and birth control to stabilize the population, and politicies to mimize pollution and protect the remaining natural environments.
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I think it is nature's way.\nWhen things in nature get too out of balance, at some point it turns around and evens out. I would like to see the earth's envionment restored at any cost. We are not as important as we would like to believe.
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We are designed to make sure that we produce enough offspring to keep our species going. It takes a pretty big carrot on the end of the stick to willingly risk having to take on all that is required of parents.
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They are a natural part of the environment. If you are proposing getting rid of them, I would like to review your plans first.
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Natural Resouces are the physical things (minerals, water, forests, etc) that an area or country contains. hey dont affect the country...
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We need to learn how to conserve our natural resources in order to have them for the future world poplutaion.  Without these resources, such as water, humans cannot survive.
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Because you are a human organism.   The entire system evolved together, with much feedback from one system to another because that has high survival value.  Why do you question it; it works!  It's Mother Nature's way.
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It does utilize a natural resource but... 'effectively' ?  I don't think so.  We can't use it to power cities.  It's still quite expensive and just used as a supplement to our regular energy resources.
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The quantity and quality of a resource is determined by whether it is a renewable, non-renewable, or a flow resource. \n\nRenewable resources, such as plants and animals, can replenish themselves after they have been used if their physical environment has not been destroyed. If trees are harvested carefully, a new forest will grow to replace the one that was cut. If animals eat grass in a pasture to a certain level, grass will grow again and provide food for animals in the future, as long as the carrying capacity of the land is not exceeded by the pressure of too many animals. \n\nNonrenewable resources, such as minerals and fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas), can be extracted and used only once. \n\nFlow resources, such as water, wind, and sunlight, are neither renewable nor nonrenewable because they must be used as, when, and where they occur. The energy in a river can be used to generate electricity, which can be transmitted over great distances. However, that energy must be captured by turbines as the water flows past or it will be lost.
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listen to t. h. white (sword in the stone author). we will in the end use up all our resources and the organisms that need them will die. it will break off part of the food chain and no other organisms will be able to live. the part of that is what happened to the dinosaurs (likely) and it will probably happen to humans considering how destructive we are.
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We are hardwired to destroy this planet like termites destroy a piece of wood. Surely you have noticed that we are not the same as the other creatures who live here? We do not develope a sense of equalibrium with the environment around us, because we are no longer adapting to fit into our surroundings. Instead we change our surroundings to fit our wants and needs. I believe man is too easily distracted and caught up in his own drama to repair any of the damage he's done.