Respuestas para la especialidad JA de Especies en peligro de extinción
Nivel de destreza
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Año
2005
Version
18.12.2024
Autoridad de aprobación
Asociación General
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Genesis 1:28 is presented below in several translations. It might help to have your group read several versions of the text before they attempt to put the verse in their own words.
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Habitat loss
The most common threat to endangered animals is the destruction of their natural habitat. Deforestation one way that habitat is destroyed. Rain forests are cut down for many reasons, including the sale of lumber, clearing for agriculture, or gathering wood for fuel. Human encroachment into wild areas for development of agriculture, industry, and housing is another common cause for species endangerment. Building dams can prevent many species of fish from swimming upstream to spawn, and this disrupts their lifecycle. The construction of pipelines has a similar effect on land animals, preventing predators from accessing areas containing their prey, or isolating animals from other members of their species, thus reducing the amount of genetic material available to the population as a whole.
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<gallery> File:Greywhale845.jpg|Atlantic Gray Whale, 1750 File:Igdodo.jpg|Dodo, 1662 File:Pinguinus_impennis.jpg |Great Auk, 1844 File:Giant_Haasts_eagle_attacking_New_Zealand_moa.jpg|Moa, circa 1500 File:Quagga_photo.jpg|Quagga, 1883 File:Passengerpigeon.jpg|Passenger Pigeon, 1914 File:Lipotes_vexillifer.png|Yangtze River dolphin, 2002
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- Endangered Species Act for the USA.
- Environmental Preservation Laws.
- Recovery Plans.
- Control of Invasive Species.
- Breeding programs in zoos
- Reintroduction of species to an area.
- Treaties that ban the trade of products made from endangered species.
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Raise Awareness
The more people are aware of the problems faced by endangered animals, the more they are likely to do something about it. Here are some suggested ways you and your club can help to raise awareness of endangered species:
- Make a "Save the Animal" poster and display it.
- Have a panel discussion Endangered Species vs Development.
- Make a bulletin board display.
- Make an Endangered Species craft project.
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When teaching this honor to a group, you could go to the library ahead of time and check out several books on the various endangered animals, or on endangered animals in general. You will need enough books so that each Pathfinder can have one (or they could share them in groups of two), and you need to make sure that you have information on at least ten endangered animals. You could instead bring in a set of encyclopedias. During class, pass the books around and have each Pathfinder look up the information on the animal featured in that book. It is important that the Pathfinders do this research themselves rather than having it handed to them. You can also ask that the Pathfinders search the internet for the information. Below are some well-known endangered mammals (although mammals are not the only type of endangered animals).
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With a group of 10-20 persons, form a loose circle with people evenly spaced within. Have each person represent something in the environment such as animals, grasslands, forests, etc. Then take a spool of heavy thread or string and connect each person to others in the circle. Have the leader start cutting the connections and start taking individuals out of the circle and see how the remaining persons are affected by the loss. Help the group to see that each thing in nature is very necessary to the survival of everything else in nature.
