▶ Your Answer : The author of the reading passage states that everglade marshland is being destroyed due to several environmental issues. However, the professor in the lecture maintains that there are still chances to restore this marshland. First, the professor of the lecture points out that the water pollution of the marshland has reduced thanks to government regulation and non-harmful fertilizer. The new government restriction forces farmers to use fertilizers which contain limited chemical substances which have lwss chances to harm the environment. It helps farmers to not harm the environment, results in preventing water pollution. It counters argument in the reading passage that water pollution is a result of the farms near Everglade because they emit the toxic chemical substances into the marshland. Second, he also pointed out that soli of this marshland are in a restoration process. Recently, local government and residents have stared soil-restoring project, and its future seems quite bright because its speed is going to faster. Furthermore, the reintroduction of plants and water will eventually make soils to original condition. This cast doubt on the argument of the author that soil loss is in progress and this wetland will disappear 25 years later because government drained water in 19 centuries. Finally, she contends that the government is now returning developed lands to marshlands so now endangered species have fewer chances to disappear permanently. She takes an example of Florida. the government recently purchased 700 achier of the land. This land was a sugar plantation earlier, the government has a plan to convert this land to original wildland. it means that more habitants will be made from this project. Consider the existence of habitants is critical on wildlife’s survival chances, they have better odds to survive. This makes rebuttal on the argument that human development make hardship to wildlifes on surviving because it makes wildlands to disappear. |