The Florida Everglades have a lot of value and mean a lot to most people. For example, tourist from all around the world go to the Everglades to see all of the amazing creatures that have been living there for thousands and thousands of years. But, there are invasive pythons that live in the Everglades that eat all of the birds and animals that live there. People are also dumping waste and building houses, buildings, and offices. When people build on the Everglades or even dump waste it kills the animals and destroys the animals homes.
Some values that the Florida Everglades has is that it gives a homes to animals and also helping controlling floods. In the article Wetlands and Habitat Loss the author Elaine Mao states "People have begun to realize that …show more content…
In the same article the author says "Wetlands also improve water quality by
filtering, cleaning and storing water. Lastly, many people rely on wetlands for their livelihood, as they are important centers for hunting, fishing and recreation." Now people are starting to build on the Everglades and they are destroying animals homes or habitats. The wetlands also have shrimp and other shell fish that can be sold to other people.
People have to stop dumping their trash into the wetlands and stop building onto it because the Everglades has a lot of important things that it can do to the people and the animals. In the same article the author says "Since then, further destruction has occurred as a result of human activities, such as agriculture, industrialization and development. Wet lands have been drained and converted to farmland, filled in to more opportunities for residential and industrial development, or used as dumping grounds for waste. Other human activities, such as pollution, while no directly targeted at eliminating wetlands, have also played a role in the