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**How Can we help prevent animals from becoming
endangered?**
::Conserve
Habitats::
- One of the most important ways to help
threatened plants and animals survive is to protect their habitats permanently
in national parks, nature reserves or wilderness areas. There they can live
without too much interference from humans. It is also important to protect
habitats outside reserves such as on farms and along roadsides.
- You can visit a nearby national park or nature
reserve. Some national parks have special guided tours and walks for kids. Talk
to the rangers to find out whether there are any threatened species and how they
are being protected. You and your friends might be able to help the rangers in
their conservation work.
- When you visit a national park, make sure you
obey the wildlife code: follow fire regulations; leave your pets at home; leave
flowers, birds’ eggs, logs and bush rocks where you find them; put your rubbish
in a bin or, better still, take it home.
- If you have friends who live on farms,
encourage them to keep patches of bush as wildlife habitats and to leave old
trees standing, especially those with hollows suitable for nesting
animals.
- Some areas have groups which look after local
lands and nature reserves. They do this by removing weeds and planting local
native species in their place. You could join one of these groups, or even start
a new one with your parents and friends. Ask your local parks authority or
council for information.
- By removing rubbish and weeds and replanting
with natives you will allow the native bush to gradually regenerate. This will
also encourage native animals to return.
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::Make Space
For Our Wildlife::
- Build a birdfeeder and establish a birdbath for the neighborhood
birds.
- Plant a tree and build a birdhouse in your backyard.
- Start composting in your backyard garden or on your balcony. It
eliminates the need for chemical fertilizers which are harmful to animals and
humans, and it benefits your plants!
- Ask your parents not to use harmful chemicals in your garden or home.
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::Recycle, Reduce, And Reuse::
- Encourage your family to take public transportation. Walk or ride
bicycles rather than using the car.
- Save energy by turning off lights, radios and the TV when you are not
using them.
- Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth and use water-saving devices
on your toilet, taps and showerhead.
- Ask your parents to buy products and food without packaging whenever
possible. Take your own bag to the store. It will reduce the amount of garbage
and waste your family produces.
- Recycle your toys, books and games by donating them to a hospital,
daycare, nursery school or children's charity.
- Encourage your family to shop for organic fruits and
vegetables.
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::Plant Native Plants That Are Local To The Area::
- If you can, plant native plants instead of
non-native or introduced ones in your garden. You don’t want seeds from
introduced plants escaping into the bush. Native grasses, flowers, shrubs and
trees are more likely to attract native birds, butterflies and other insects,
and maybe even some threatened species.
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::Control Introduced
Plants And Animals::
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Non-native plants and
animals are ones that come from outside your local area.
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Some parks and
reserves, beaches, bush-land and rivers are now infested with invasive plants,
and native species often cannot compete with these plants.
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Many environmental
weeds come from people’s gardens.
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Sometimes, the seeds
are taken into the bush by the wind or by birds.
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Controlling these
foreign species is an important step in protecting
wildlife
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::Join An
Organization::
- There are many community groups working on
conservation activities. Join an organization in your area and start helping
today!
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::Make Your Voice
Heard::
- State and territory government conservation
agencies are responsible for the management of national parks and the protection
of wildlife. They are sometimes supported by public foundations.
- Tell your family, friends and work mates about
threatened species and how they can help them.
- Start a group dedicated to protecting a
threatened plant or animal in your area or perhaps to help care for a national
park.
- Write articles or letters about threatened
species to newspapers.
- Ring up talk-back radio programs to air your
concerns, or arrange to talk on your community radio station.
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To Learn more about
activities that children can do to help: Click Here
Resource: http://endangeredspecie.com/Ways_To_Help.htm
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