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To many people it is an unarguable fact that humanity has conquered the planet. We have colonised all environments, created adaptions we haven’t evolved naturally and we have harnessed the Earth’s natural bounties. We can give to the planet and we can take away. It is humanity’s decisions that can make or break our environment’s health. And often, we are breaking it. The conservation efforts that have been put into practice are almost all needed because of human action. The planet is suffering because of its greatest creation. The planet is dying because of its most intelligent, most adapted and most evolved child. Luckily, as children do, we are beginning to mature and realise that greed eventually leads to loss as the well known, and often over used, phrase states: you cannot have your cake and eat it too.

The planet is our cake and we are not eating it, we are inhaling it without giving a second thought on what it might mean for it to become a pile of crumbs. Some might say the planet is already nearing its last slice, the crumbs are falling and we are suddenly realising that we need to slow down and breathe. We are now trying to save our endangered species, to slow down our contribution to climate change and to give Mother Nature a chance to regroup.

It is not only human plights advertised on our TVs but that of the wild animals we have harmed over the years as well. We have reached our teenage years. Hints of maturity amongst masses of selfishness and that ever present greed. Maybe one day, before it is too late, we will become fully fledged adults that understand how important this planet is and how the natural elements we often ignore in day to day life are actually more important than the money and physical items we crave. For we cannot have our most prized possessions without the Earth supplying them, and the Earth cannot supply them if we allow her to die.

I guess this is my explanation of why Conservation is a vital concept that everyone should understand and be a part of. I don’t mean all people should be conservationists or heavily involved, but to understand what conservation is and why it is needed is necessary for conservation schemes to work in the long run. Without conservation efforts we will lose everything, and yes – I genuinely mean everything: our possessions, our homes, our food, our environment, our family, our friends – our lives. We cannot survive in nothingness. We need a home, and Earth is it.