Human Impact on the Extinction of Species: Good & Bad

By jsuri13

  • Extinct: Large Sloth Lemur

  • Extinct: Aurochs

  • Extinct: Dodo

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Entertainment and Food. Pigs eating their eggs.

  • Extinct: Red Rail

    Cause: Cat Prediation and Hunted by Humans for Entertainment

  • Extinct: Lesser Macaw

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Entertainment

  • Extinct: Grey Parrot

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Entertainment

  • Steam Engine was Invented by James Watt

  • Industrial Revolution Began

  • Extinct: Stellar Sea Cow

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for food, pelts and blubber.

  • Extinct: Over 100 Species

  • Locomotive invented by Richard Trevithick

  • World Population reached 1 Billion

  • Creation of the Steamboat

  • Steam Locomotive invented by George Stephenson

  • Electric Motor invented by Michael Faraday

  • Extinct: Mysterious Starling

    Cause: Introduction of Invasive Brown Rats

  • Refrigerator invented by Jacob Perkins

  • Extinct: Auks

    Cause: Hunted for their Fur. The last two were struggled to death and their baby egg destroyed.

  • Extinct: Quagga

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Food and Fur

  • 1st Coal Powered Plant in New York

  • 1st Skyscraper built in Chicago

  • Introduction to the Electric Railway

  • Period: to

    Time Frame of Major Scientific and Medical Advances

  • 1st Powered Airplane

  • Ford Assembly Line

  • Period: to

    Decrease in Chimpanzee Population

    The Chimpanzee Population decreased from 1 - 2 Million to 150,000 - 250,000 due to deforestation.

  • Extinct: Passenger Pigeon

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Entertainment

  • Migratory Bird Treaty Act Established

  • Extinct: Barbary Lion

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Entertainment and Habitat Destruction by Humans

  • World Population reached 2 Billion

  • Extinct: Paradise Parrot

    Cause: Overgrazing by Humans and Hunting by Humans for Entertainment

  • Extinct: Tasmanian Devil

    Cause: Human Encroachment and Hunted by Humans for Protection

  • Eagle Protection Act Established

  • Annual Marine Catch was 18.5 Million Tons

  • Extinct: Caspian Tiger

    Cause: Habitat Destruction by Humans

  • Annual Marine Catch was 18.5 Million Tons

  • Extinct: Caribbean Monk Seal

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Blubber which was used as Oil for Lamps and Machinery.

  • World Population reached 3 Billion

  • 6.5% of ALL Forests in the World have been Destroyed

  • Coal Predominantly used as Electricity Source

  • Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was established

  • Extinct: Mexican Grizzly Bear

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Entertainment, Food and Protection

  • Extinct: Arabian Ostrich

    Cause: Hunted by Humans with the brand new Firearm

  • Martin Luther King Jr Quote

    Martin Luther King Jr quoted as saying "...capitalism has a tendency to treat profit motives and property rights as more important than people, one can easily surmise the importance it gives to the natural order."

  • Extinct: Guam Flying Fox

    Cause: Hunting by Humans and Habitat Destruction by Humans during WWII.

  • Endangered: Florida Panthers

    Cause: Habitat Destruction by Humans

  • National Environment Policy Act Established

  • Creation of the Environmental Protection Agency

  • 7.5% of ALL Forests in the World have been Destroyed

  • Endangered: Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

    Cause: Overfishing by Humans

  • Extinct: 10,000 Species

  • Clean Water Act Established

  • Endangered Species Act Established

  • Extinct: Japanese Sea Lion

    Cause: Commerical Hunting by Humans during WWII

  • World Population reached 4 Billion

  • Clean Air Act Established

  • Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Established

  • 8.25% of ALL Forests in the World have been Destroyed

  • Period: to

    Population of Camels in Mongolia decreased from 600 to 350

  • Extinct: Tecopa Pupfish

    Cause: Habitat Destruction; Hot Springs became bath houses.
    Side Note: 1st Animal to be put on the Extinction List by the EPA

  • Extinct: Marine Mallard

    Cause: Agricultural and Habitat Destruction by Humans during WWII.

  • Endangered: Black Rhinos

    In the late 1980s the market value of rhino horns exceeded the per ounce value of silver by ten times. This reduced the number of black rhinos in the Tanzanian Ngorongoro Crater from 76 to 26 in a single year.

  • World Population reached 5 Billion

  • Extinct:Dusky Seaside Sparrow

    Cause: DDT Pesticide and Habitat Destruction by Humans. They used to live where the Kennedy Space Station Center is currently located.

  • Marine, Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act Established

  • Shore Protection Act Established

  • Extinct: Golden Toad

    Cause: Global Warming and Air Pollution

  • Oil Pollution Act Established

  • Pollution Prevention Act Established

  • 20% of ALL Forests in the World Destroyed

    30% of Asia's Forests Destroyed
    18% of Africa's Forests Destroyed
    18% of Latin America's Forests Destroyed

  • Wild Bird Conservation Act Established

  • Annual Marine Catch was 82.5 Million Tons

  • Period: to

    Population of Tasmanian Devils decreased from 150,000 to 80,000

  • Extinct: Canarian Oystercatcher

    Cause: Lack of Prey (Shellfish) due to Humans Overfishing

  • Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Mitigation Banks Established

  • Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Established

  • United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Report

    One quarter of the 3,882 breeds of 28 species of farm animals around the world were "at risk."

  • World Population reached 6 Billion

  • Intentional Chemical Spill

  • Extinct: 25,000 Species

  • Period: to

    The EPA restored 700,000 acres of Prairie and 150,000 acres of Wetlands

  • IUCN was Established

  • Extinct: Gastric Brooding Frog

    Cause: Invasive Species and Habitat Changes by Humans

  • Extinct: Javin Tigers

    Cause: Hunted by Humans for Protection

  • IUCN Accomplishments

    • 325 Landowners enrolled; 3.6 million acres in 32 Safe Harbor Agreements.
    • Approved 45 Conservations Banks; 35,000 acres with habitats for more than 40 different species.
    • Approved 10 Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances for 24 species.
    • Approved 100 Candidate Conservation Agreements for over 140 at risk species.

  • Extinct: Baiji River Dolphin

    Cause: Heavy Ship Traffic, Over-Fishing, Dam Building & Water Pollution - all caused by Humans.

  • Clean Coal Act Established

  • Endangered: Coral Reefs

    1/3 of ALL Coral Reefs in the World were at risk

  • Endangered: 251, or 31%, of the 800 Bird Species in the USA

  • Endangered Species List

    Numbers of SOME of the Endangered Species:
    Polar Bears - 20,000 left in the wild
    Giant Panda - 1,000 left in the wild
    Grizzly Bear - 500 left in the wild
    American Bison - 19,000 left in the wild
    Cheetah - 7,000 left in the wild
    Condors - 130 left in the wild
    Eastern Gorillas - 700 left in the wild
    Amur Leopards - 40 left in the wild
    Florida Panthers - 80 left in the wild

  • IUCN Report

    1,851, or 21%, of species of fish are at risk of extinction - 1/3 of those being sharks and rays

  • Extinct: Alaotra Grebe

    Cause: Habitat Destruction and Invasive Species

  • World Wildlife Fund Annual Report

    Stated the the number of animals in world decreased by 52% from their numbers in the 1970's.

  • DeepWater Horizon Oil Spill

  • Conservation in the US

    Increased Mammal Population by 80% and Bird Populations by 460%

  • Extinct: 35,000 Species

  • Endangered: Pangolins

    Between 40,000 and 60,000 were captured and killed in just Vietnam.

  • Endangered: Panthers

    Only 100 left in the wild

  • Save Our Species was Established

  • Extinct: Western Black Rhino

    Cause: Poaching by Humans

  • United for Life was Established

  • Ecological Footprint

    1.5 Earths would be required to meet the demands humanity currently makes on nature.

  • Clean Power Plan

  • Cloning: Quagga

    Successful cloning of an animal that went extinct over a century ago.

  • Extinction List

    834 Extinct Species, 69 Extinct in the Wild Species, 4,898 Critically Endangered Species, 7,323 Endangered Species. 23,250, of the 79,837 species assessed by the IUCN, are threatened with extinction. 80% of them due to habitat loss and deforestation.

  • Annual Predicted Marine Catch is 100 Million Tons

  • Prediction: 55,000 Extinct Species

  • World Population expected to reach 9 Billion

  • World Population expected to reach 27 Billion