Benefits Of Protecting The Everglades

The world is like home to us. We have plants, animals and resources that keep us alive. Florida's Everglades is one of those resources. It's a lot more valuable than we thought. The Everglades enriches our environment, is home to many species that are either threatened or endangered and gives us humans benefits in many ways. Which is why we should protect it.

First off, it's important to realize that we have a lot of benefits from Florida's Everglades. From the article, "Are the Everglades Forever?" By unknown author, they say, "Humans have benefited from the Everglades in many ways, from the creation of [the] park['s] tourism and jobs to the water supply that keeps the cities and agriculture of Southern Florida running. If the wetlands suffer, so do humans." And it's true. The Everglades is just of the wetlands that help everyone enrich the environment.

Furthermore, Wetlands enrich the environment.

In a different passage by Elaine Mao called, "Wetlands and Habitat Loss" the author explains, "...wetlands are also essential to the state's fishing industry, providing a habitat for fish, shrimp, oysters and crabs. -- Approximately one in every 70 jobs in the state is related to the fishing industry. The destruction of wetlands would have disastrous consequences for the economy of the area and the livelihoods of many Louisiana's residents." Destruction of a wetland wouldn't do humans very good at all. We need the wetlands for jobs, most seafood, and the economy. Which is why we must treat them with

value.

On a different note, We should take the Everglades and other wetlands as something valuable because they are home to many threatened or endangered species. Wildlife such as opossums, rabbits, bobcats, gators and foxes live there. They are also getting less populated because of what we bring to them. Snakes. Going back to the article, "Are the Everglades forever?" By an unknown author, says that, "The snakes compete with alligators for food, even making a meal of a gator once in a while. They've crippled the Everglades' population..." What we do to the natural world affects us and the wildlife in many different ways. So we need to take care of not only the Everglades, but all the wetlands.

In conclusion, wetlands are more important than we thought. We use them for many things, to enrich the environment, save endangered species and we use them for resources. Take things at great value, because you never know if you'll get it back once its's gone.