Grassland+Conservation

= Grassland conservation =

====A positive thing that a human has had an impact to the grasslands is that hunters were killing a lot of animals in the grasslands. Some of them were going extinct and the government banned people from hunting in the grasslands. Right now only about 1% of the grassland is being officially protected by the government but now they are more aware of this issue. In some places, national parks are set up for preserve the grasslands and grasses are being replanted where they cleared grasses for farming. This increasing awareness is certainly necessary in protecting the grassland biome.====

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==== Negative effects that humans have on grasslands are they clear the grasslands to grow crops and raise cattle. Fires were even started by humans destroying many plants, also killing animals. We have also have hunted many animals. Killing so many some have even been close to becoming extinct, such as bison and buffaloes. Animals have also been hunted for their body parts, such as elephants for their tusks, lions for fur and much more. ====

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==== A problem that grasslands have is that grasslands can't tolerate shady conditions therefore the first grasses faced a major problem-where could they grow? Luxuriant forest ensured that almost 90% of the land surface was unsuited to grasses as beneath the forest where they get very little light. a solution to keep the grasslands alive is to have some of the grasses dig out and replanted somewhere where the light can really reach them. ====

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==== A problem that grasslands have is over grazing. Animals have been grazing too much of the grass and plants. It is making the grasslands smaller. A solution is to have only a certain area of land to let the livestock graze. This way they won’t be roaming around and eating all of the grass. Also, this way will help grasslands grow more. ====

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