To prevent further destruction, reduce paper and wood consumption and buy wood that’s sustainably harvested (Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, n.d.)
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Reduce your oil consumption: burning fossil fuels is the primary cause of climate change. This threatens ecosystem stability and adds pressure to an already endangered species (Rainforest Action Network, n.d.)
Watch what you eat. Buy shade grown coffee or locally sourced. These products do not require destruction of rainforest land to grow crops and therefore doesn’t take more habitat from jaguars. (Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, n.d.)
Take the first step with a carbon footprint calculator. Click Here!
Reduce beef consumption: beef raised in the rainforest is often found in fast food hamburgers and processed meat products. The rainforests that are cleared to raise the cattle fragment and destroy core habitat regions for jaguars. (Rainforest Action Network, n.d.)
Vegetarianism not your forte? That’s ok! Choose animals with a smaller carbon footprint. (Mosley, 2014)
Better: Avoid:
Chickens Cow
pigs Sheep
Education and conservation are critical to the jaguar’s survival. Habitat loss is a huge issue so here are some things you can do in your everyday life to protect ecosystems.
Every action counts
Created by Moncrief and Larsen, SEA-DISC Sir Francis Drake High School, 2017
Desert landscape, (Moncrief, 2017)
Adopt a Jaguar! - this symbolic adoption offers several different packages and prices. All donations support the work of Defenders of Wildlife to protect and restore wildlife and jaguar habitat (Defenders of Wildlife, 2017)
Where does your copper come from? For industrious individuals, check who mines your minerals and if it’s copper, make sure it’s not coming from Hudbay Minerals, the company behind the Rosemont open-pit copper mine.
Learn more about possible ways to mine sustainable here!
Desert-goers! Learn more about the Sonoran desert, home to the Jaguar, and support local conservation networks.
One such organization is the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. Click here to visit their webpage.
In addition to finding and supporting the companies that are making a positive change, show your unhappiness with the decisions of other, not so change-oriented companies. As a customer, your voice has great value, and by boycotting companies or specific products and by writing letters to a company explaining why you won’t be using their products and what they need to do for a more positive product, you have immense power.
Visit: https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/which-everyday-products-contain-palm-oil#
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to learn about everyday products and popular foods that use palm oil and lead to habitat destruction (and some may be a total surprise!), and what you can do to make a difference with this issue.
Support Nonprofits! Learn more, donate, and support these organizations that defend the jaguar.
Check out our nonprofit page here!
Courtesy of New Leaf Paper
Courtesy of Global Coffee Platform
Courtesy of Voters Not Politicians
Courtesy of Defenders of Wildlife