A Guide to Protecting our Fragile Ecosystems Has Been Released

April 24, 2009 - PRLog -- As more and more media information is being released about the critical state of our environment, a comprehensive guide to Ecosystems and why they are so important has been made available. PollutionWebsite.com has writtten a guide to help visitors understand why ecosystems are important and why they need to be protected and restored.

An ecosystem is defined as the whole environment that is found in a certain area.  An ecosystem can be as small as a drop of water or as large as our entire planet.  Ecosystems encompass everything on this planet and include such things as aquatic ecosystems, desert ecosystems and forest ecosystems.

The entire earth is an interconnection of many diverse ecosystems that make up the whole.  These ecosystems form the basics of life such as water, food and shelter and are critically important for the survival of this planet.  If they are not protected and restored back to their original states, our planet cannot survive.

http://PollutionWebsite.com/ecosystem offers a comprehensive guide to Ecosystems and gives and in depth look at how we can restore ecosystems back to full health.  The destruction of ecosystem is often thought of as a problem far bigger than an individual can do anything about, but that is far from the truth.  Any steps we take to help reduce the amount of pollution we generate, has a positive effect on our environment.

PollutionWebsite.com’s Ecosystem Guide at http://pollutionwebsite.com/ecosystem covers diverse topics such as:

Aquatic Ecosystems

Water is everywhere and is critical to life on this planet.  Aquatic ecosystems consist of lakes, ponds, rivers, and oceans and are either fresh water, salt water or a mixture of both.  Human activities such as fishing, fertilizing lawns and pollution from our combustion engines are taking a toll on our aquatic ecosystems.

Terrestrial Ecosystems

Terrestrial Ecosystems include every living thing on our land.  From flora, to fauna to fungi, everything interacts and influences their surroundings.  Each plant, tree and mammal (including humans) need unique environments in order to survive.  Understanding the complex interaction between these unique terrestrial ecosystems is important if we plan on  fixing the damage we have already done, and preventing further damage.

Desert Ecosystems

When one thinks of deserts, we think of the vast dry areas in the Southwest United States or the deserts of Africa.  In fact, deserts can be created by humans through the poor planning of roads, buildings and parking lots can often create mini deserts.  Human destruction of plants and animals by depriving them of water has occurred in big cities and is slowly spreading to the suburbs.  The PollutionWebsite.com’s Ecosystem Guide will show how landscaping, planting of trees, and reducing water runoff will prevent the creation of human induced deserts.

Rainforest Ecosystems

   The delicate balance of rainforest and their importance to humans cannot be over emphasized.  It is so critical that the loss of even one species of animal or plant can cause the loss of the entire rainforest.  Mass destruction of rain forests throughout the world is occurring for the sake of lumber to build our homes.

Comprehensive articles on aquatic, coral reef, desert, forest, freshwater, grassland, mangrove marine, ocean, mangrove and rainforest ecosystems can be found at http://pollutionwebsite.com/Ecosystem . We are stewards of this land and the more we understand about the importance of ecosystems the less apt we are to continue practices which are known to cause damage to these fragile ecosystems.

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