Overharvesting
• Increase in human population increase the pressure caused by human on Earth. Overgrazing, overharvesting, overgathering and overhunting result in loss of biodiversity
Use of modern weapons increase the hunting succes of human and cause loss of more individuals of wild species.
• Eventhough the industrial revolution and modernized usage of
natural sources cause extinction of many species, traditional usages also caused extinctions.
• Traditional communities take some precautions for nature protection.
• In modernized era both tradditional and modern communities exploit natural sources.
• Economical situations, Potitical conflicts and wars cause loss of control for protection.
• Consumption of primate meat increase the risk of illness and outbreaks.
• Are there any solutions???
• International Wild Life Trade
• Species whose population size decrease because of hunting and gathering
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora - CITES
• What can be done to stop overharvesting?