Hong Kong Case Study

Analysis

1. Hong Kong mulls following China to destroy ivory stockpile

The article talks about the Chinese government decided to crush a mass of ivory weighing more than six tons on January 6th, 2014, its first public damage of ivory, to depress the illegal trade of ivory.

The reason why I chose this as my topic is because it is an issue which has related to culture and human behavior. How do we decide to buy something? The purpose is easy, because we think the item is attractive. In some cultures, people believe that ivory is the symbol of social status, so they purchase ivory jewelry for showing their power off. In order to educate our children to know that buying ivory is not the way to present your social status, government and institutions should bring this topic to classes and schools. That is the idea of Orr’s book which said that the nature of design is to make decent communities in which people grow to be responsible citizens and whole people.

The process to get ivory that has to kill the elephant, so it makes the number of elephants is dramatically dropping down from 1960 to 1985. The extinction of elephants could break the balance of ecological balance. For examples, breaking the steadiness within producers, predators, and disintegrator are all being affected.

In addition, some people assert that banned trading ivory could affect the business of sightseeing, jewelry, or retail. However, comparing the consequence of losing a species to the world, the cost of those business are negligible.

Fortunately, ivory trading was banned in 1989 under “Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora”, a global contract between governments, however as thieving has continued the environmental group. According to the scientific survey, there could be as few as 470,000 African elephants left. Thus, we should assess a culture deeply to understand why the behavior of buying ivory occurs. Then, changing the situation from the root of the problem so that could fix the real matter.

2. One Quarter of the World’s Cartilaginous Fish, Namely Sharks and Rays, Face Imminent Extinction

The studies indicated that if the numbers of cartilaginous fish, namely sharks and rays keep declining, they will eventually face imminent extinction within next few decades.

Due to the fast rising human population, people have started to over-seize natural resources. The advanced of technology also encourages the situation. People in order to get a better standard of living, and we exclude the cost of the environment to develop industries on a large scale which causes the global warming. In my opinion, people see ourselves as the top of the food chain, however, eventually we are going to cost pay for our excessive talking.

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