I often wonder what would happen if several of a species suddently disappeared. Any thoughts? this would include animals, forests, and anything to do with nature. which summarizes some of the main points of the Global Biodiversity Outlook report, commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme.

By the way, the United States hasn%26#039;t bothered to ratify the global Convention on Biological Diversity. That makes four countries. Us, Andorra, Somalia, and Iraq. That%26#039;s Andorra: a country smaller than the city of San Francisco with a population under 72,000; Somalia: the only country in the world with no functioning government; and...Iraq. When it comes to not caring about the rate of global extinction, we keep pretty good company, hmmm? http://www.cbd.int/gbo2/main-messages.sh...
The full text of the report can be accessed here: http://www.cbd.int/gbo2/


There is a series that you can download easy ,called
bbc,Planet earth by David Attenborough.
About 15 ---700mb videos

this is a photographic team that has been filming Nature stories all over the world ,for a very long time .

In 3 of the episodes called --the future--saving species(this one covers extinction and the importance of species)
the future--living together ,ice worlds ,

they compare films they made before of places and species to what they are filming now in the same places.

Many scientists give commentaries as well .

And whole migrations of animals involving millions have disappeared in only 20 years,

in one place in the tundras ,in just 5 years .


Ice sheets,glaziers have gone

They say about half of the worlds forests have gone in the last 300 years

Half of the natural habitats,like wetlands , ice fields tundras,mountain vegetation and rain forests . in the last 50 years,and all of the inhabitants with it
CHECK THE CLOCK FOR THE SPEED
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf


Global warming is a component in a group of destructive forces at work ,it is not the only one , but other factors which we are responsible for ,are rapidly making it the worst .

We are now witnessing a mass Extinction of animals and plants of Biblical proportions,equal since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.

Who cares what it is called or WHY EXACTLY IT IS HAPPENING ,What or who is to blame

If we want to save ourselves as a specie ,we have to address
the problems

Apparently we can correct most of the destructive factors
with disciplines ,changes of attitude and habits.

All species are in Danger eventually,

and each is important
Imagine that the Eco system is a wall and each specie is represented by a brick

every brick taken out weakens the wall ,and eventually it will collapse ,which brick is the most important ???

they are all important

It%26#039;s happening right now.

Just yesterday they announced a species of seal is offically gone from the Earth. It%26#039;s close relatives in (i think Carribean) are extremely endangered.

Right Whales are about to vanish, too. There are about 300 of them left on the entire planet, and still ships run into them.

well each species of animal whether it be bug, mammal, or fish ha ve a role to play in the food chain and how the world works. take away the hunters and you get to many grazers which eats the grass. take away the grazers and you get to many hunters. everything has to work in a balance. we keep on destroying habitat then who knows.

we%26#039;re doomed. totally doomed. well probably we%26#039;re going to be the first to be extinct before any other microorganisms. we should probably be buying land from mars. but is this the answer? well the good news is we have the capacty and the power to literally save the planet from destruction.,

Well this has happened previosuly during times like the Ice Age, and eventually human%26#039;s and animal existence still was plotted across the World, so eventually yes we the animals of all species will all die, but eventually somehow will take another form, on Earth.

Have you ever considered that humans are also extinct if earth as home that not managed properly the way jungles and Forrest are managed?

Several of a species? That happens every single day. Things die and others are born to take their place. I%26#039;m guessing you mean something different than what your question seems to mean?

This has happened all through history. We adapted and survived. How long we can keep doing this is anyones guess.

extinction of larger mammal species would create an ecological imbalance this is harmful for for mother nature