How Environmental Foundations Impact Wildlife
Student’s Name
Institution
Topic: How environmental foundations impact wildlife
Specific purpose: To inform peers of what different organizations have done to save wildlife and earth itself.
Audience: Classmates
Thesis Statement: Environmental foundations are leading the charge in protecting wildlife from extinction and human-related activities through research, lobbying for wildlife-friendly policies as well as economically helping locals living near wildlife to benefit from tourism to reduce human-wildlife conflict.
Introduction:
Attention material: There are not many experiences in the world that can match the thrill, the joy, and the experience of touring animal conservation sites, aquariums, zoos, parks, or even tours in the Safari in Africa. If you are yet to visit any of these, then you are missing out. Wildlife is an essential part of the ecosystem. However, the existence of wildlife is under threat due to human-related activities and natural causes.
Tie to the audience: To put matters into context, research by Stein et al. (2018) indicates that one-third of the wildlife in the United States are at risk of extinction while 150 species have been wiped out from the face of the earth.
Thesis and preview: Today, I would like to speak about the role that environmental foundations within the United States and the world are playing to help preserve wildlife as well as preserve our planet which houses the wildlife through research, lobbying for wildlife-friendly policies as well as economically helping locals living near wildlife to benefit from tourism to reduce human-wildlife conflict.
II. BODY
One of the ways in which environmental organizations help in the conversation of wildlife is through conducting research. Research helps to outline different animal species around the globe, establish their natural settings, and also develop new ways of helping to artificially reproduce endangered species to prevent their extinction.
Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) is one of the environmental organizations which are instrumental in the conservation of wildlife. Their work on research has significantly contributed to the creation of safe homes for wildlife as well as influence opinions among wildlife stakeholders.
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is another environmental organization whose research has contributed to the conservation of wildlife. The SCB organization’s research; The changing landscape of conservation science funding in the United States offers insights into changing dynamics in wildlife conservation in the United States (Bakker et al.,2010). Research similar to the one conducted by SBC allows the public to keep track of efforts made by the government in terms of funding, how they help in conservation efforts, as well as offer directions on the way forward. Keeping track of funding helps to make the government accountable in wildlife conservation efforts.
Environmental organizations are also actively involved in influencing policies which are critical in wildlife conservation efforts.
Government policy is a crucial factor in wildlife conservation as it determines the approach the government takes concerning issues such as funding, laws, and efforts to identifying endangered species and protecting them. Environmental organizations help to provide guidelines and lobby the government to make convenient and favorable policies for wildlife.
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has made significant efforts in attempts towards creating transformative change in wildlife conservation. The organization partners with the United States, other institutions that protect wildlife as well as other foreign governments.
Environmental organizations also help locals living near wildlife conservation habitats or regions by empowering their economic opportunities, which is instrumental in reducing human-wildlife conflict.
One of the main problems which lead to extinction in wildlife is the conflict between humans and wildlife. The conflict often stems from economic challenges facing humans, which leads them to hunt for wildlife or exploit wildlife habitats. Wildlife conservation plays a critical role in reducing human-wildlife conflict.
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) is an instrumental organization that has, in recent years, helped marginalized communities in crucial tourism areas t benefit from tourism. The organization employs locals as well as purchases local products to help the locals appreciate the importance of wildlife and tourism (African Wildlife Foundation, n. d). The efforts help to reduce human-wildlife conflict by assisting the locals in deriving economic benefits from wildlife habitats in their regions.
III. CONCLUSION
Transition: As you have heard, environmental organizations are critical components in the fight towards the conservation of wildlife.
Summary: Environmental foundations help in critical areas such as conducting research, which helps to improve conservation efforts, help locals in conservation habitats to reduce human-wildlife conflicts, lobby government for favorable policies.
Concluding remarks: It is essential to understand, acknowledge, and support the work of environmental foundations in the efforts towards wildlife and the earth’s conservation. Only then, will we continue to benefit from the beautiful nature that we still have today.
Author’s Statement
The purpose of my speech is to bring into attention the vital work that environmental foundations and organizations are playing in the world today. I intend to inform my classmates of the efforts that they are undertaking in the world today to help conserve endangered species, other wildlife, save the earth, which is our habitat as well as the wildlife’s habitat. After delivering the speech, I want my classmates to understand that wildlife is an integral part of their lives. I want them to realize that their existence has been made possible through the efforts of selfless organizations that have committed their resources, time, and effort to make conservation possible. My speech is inclined towards ensuring that my classmates take note of the work behind the scenes while they enjoy wildlife in various places, which aid in wildlife conservations around the globe.
During the process of planning my speech, I paid attention to the type of audience. My classmates are not experts in matters of wildlife conservation. As a result, I made sure that I introduced them to some of the wildlife and environmental conservations. This was easier for them to understand as they are things that they have read or heard about at one point in their lives. I then linked the conservation efforts and programs with various foundations around the globe that are involved in the processes.
I took a reasonable amount of time to plan my speech. The first thing that I did was research on the state of wildlife. I then proceeded to research various organizations and foundations which are involved in environmental and wildlife conservation. Lastly, I linked the three angles of my research to develop a speech that was easily understandable to my classmates. I also choose to mention efforts made by organizations first as opposed to the names of the organizations because I wanted to create an interesting angle to the speech where the audience will want to know which organizations are attributed to the efforts. This will help reduce boredom during the speech by aiding in active listening.
Visual aids can help improve my delivery and the success of my speech to my classmates. I plan to incorporate visual aids that are relevant to the points which I outline. I will include images from various organizations’ websites that are relevant to environmental and wildlife conservation. One of the reasons why I will opt for images that are relevant to my point and organization, which I intend to explain is my quest to invoke interest among my classmates. Images will cause them to want to do more research on the organizations and also help them to acquire more knowledge about them.
In this speech, I used a more comfortable and friend approach. The approach was less technical compared to project 5. I understood that for the current project, my audience was not technical, and thus I used a more relaxed and friendly way of describing my points. Also, my format of delivering information was different as it aimed at keeping my audience and interested during the entire time spent on the speech.
References
African Wildlife Foundation (n. d). Impact Investing, https://www.awf.org/community/impact-investingBakker, V. J., Baum, J. K., Brodie, J. F., Salomon, A. K., Dickson, B. G., Gibbs, H. K., … & McIntyre, P. B. (2010). The changing landscape of conservation science funding in the United States. Conservation Letters, 3(6), 435-444.
Stein, B. A., Edelson, N., Anderson, L., Kanter, J., & Stemler, J. (2018). Reversing America’s wildlife crisis: securing the future of our fish and wildlife. National Wildlife Federation, Washington, DC, USA.
