2. What problems do ecosystems currently face? What are strategies to prevent problems? Are these methods accomplishable? Can we restore original ecosystems? What will future ecosystems look like?

3. Presented by: Shane Bridges

4. Problems that the ecosystems face Restoration and Prevention Methods Putting these methods into effect Restoration Limitations The Future

5.  Deforestation  Industrial Development  Overfishing  Pollution  Degradation

6.  Deforestation: the removal or cutting down of trees.  More than half of the world's timber and 72% of paper is consumed by 22% of the world's population (the United States, Europe, and Japan).  Every hour, at least 4,500 acres of forest fall to chain saws, machetes, flames, or bulldozers.

7.  Industrial Development: Development of factories for large-scale production of consumer goods.  These factories consume large amounts of economic resources and distribute pollutants into the environment.  Governmental guidelines and restrictions exist, but do little to stop introducing pollutants into the ozone layer.

8.  Overfishing: catching too many fish for the system to support  http://overfishing.org/ pages/what_is_overfish ing.php http://overfishing.org/ pages/what_is_overfish ing.php  Over 25% of the worlds fish stocks are either overexploited or depleted

9.  Pollution: the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort  Happens in the form of industries, littering, dumping, etc.

10.  Degradation: the deterioration or depletion of resources  Can lead to the destruction of ecosystems and extinction of wildlife  Affects air, water, and soil

11.  A return to original settings  Can be done to certain extents > hard to recreate > not perfect recreations  Environmental groups > ideas/strategies: some good, some bad

12.  Methods to prevent the loss or depletion of resources Use less Recycle Use alternatives

13.  Environmental Groups Worldwide - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Earth System Governance Project RegionalEuropean Environment Agency (EEA) Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)  Many strategies, many alternatives

14.  Hard to recreate  What is the original?  Conflicts (how to)  Lack of effort  Human need

15.  What does the future look like?  Will we be able to improve ecosystems?  Can we maintain them better?

16.  http://earthfirst.com/7-environmental- problems-that-are-worse-than-we-thought/ http://earthfirst.com/7-environmental- problems-that-are-worse-than-we-thought/  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environ mental_organizations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_environ mental_organizations  http://overfishing.org/pages/why_is_overfis hing_a_problem.php http://overfishing.org/pages/why_is_overfis hing_a_problem.php  http://www.facingthefuture.org/ServiceLearn ing/FastFactsQuickActions/Deforestation/tabi d/182/Default.aspx http://www.facingthefuture.org/ServiceLearn ing/FastFactsQuickActions/Deforestation/tabi d/182/Default.aspx