In grade school I was taught…

In grade school I was taught about the food chain, later on learned about the beauty and benefits of biodiversity in the environment. As I have gone through university, a college program, married, traveled, became a home buyer and now thinking about starting a family, I have learned to love my world and want it better. I want to leave a world full of nature for my future child and theirs. I don't want them growing up seeing photos of wild animals or birds when we could watch them from our window. We are just in our early 30's and I would be amiss to ignore this horrible proposal. We as humans have accelerated many species extinctions, 99.9% of critically endangered species and 67% of endangered species will be lost within the next 100 years if we don't fix it now. Guess what happens if they do die, it's the collapse of everything. We are in a delicate balance. Without the bugs, birds will die. Without birds, natural spread of seed will stop, bigger birds and other animals will die, the bees will die out completely, food will start to become harder and harder to harvest. Any wild animals left will move into the towns where they will die. Fish will die, the waters will become undrinkable. everything will get more expensive, we'll have more people in poverty, more people homeless, more people straining our health care as there's nothing safe to eat/drink. Those that can afford food/drink will have children or grandchildren that will never get to experience nature or see animals as they'll be all gone. Do we want to live struggling trying to survive or do we want to learn to live side by side with the beauty and wilds of Ontario? We live in one of the best provinces and the joy of being outside, watching the birds, the bees, various animals go by. Feel the cool breeze as you paddle down rivers listening to the loons and other birds, seeing them dive for food. This province cannot afford to lose it's biodiversity. With monoculture (that is one species of something) all it takes is one virus, one really bad storm, one bacteria, and it will collapse and not come back. Remember the cavendish banana? That banana flavor ice cream was the cavendish banana. No more, as it got wiped out because it had no diversity. Guess what? We wipe out other diversity, a ripple effect will happen, the chain will weaken and us big mammals at the top will topple down. The earth will be fine in 3 million years or so but all that money we make in the next few years will mean nothing in 100 years as we'll be all gone, and a world wiped out of its beauty. The EPA needs to be stronger, not weaker. I for one will not stand by and watch this world die to one man's desire to have money. You need to go on an outdoor adventure, learn and appreciate the beauty of nature and what it can do for you. Please don't open nature to business. It's a forest fire wipe out waiting to happen.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/so-many-animals-will-go-extinct-…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/15/insect-collapse-we-…

Other references: refer to biology textbooks..easy to find, check out your local library! Or consult a scientist! There's a lot of us out there and we will teach!