ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION 2
Restoration of endangered Sea Otters
Restoration Ecology entails the practice of renewal of the damaged, destroyed or
degraded ecosystems and habitats through human interventions. An example of such project is
the protection of endangered sea otters by controlling hunting. This act has been done in West
Coast of North America to protect the sea otters that was being threatened by extinction since it
was severely hunted for its fur during the nineteenth century. The report claims that a small
figure of the animals was found at the Aleutian Islands and protected thus resulting in their
reproduction and dispersal to other habitats. They were aided by humans to multiply hence
reintroducing them into the ecosystem as they are many now. Therefore, after human
interventions through strict regulation of hunting the species of sea otters were reintroduced to
their habitat.
This project of restoration of endangered sea otters was critical and demanded
collaboration from every citizen to curb their extinction. Without this practice, the animals could
have been adversely exploited thus making them miss in the ecological niche. Consequently, the
food chain would have been affected which would have, in turn, affected humans in one way or
another. For instance, if the sea otters were no longer present in the ecosystem, the food chain
would have been affected negatively also by the tourism sector. It is because they feed on
particular food and the ecosystem benefits from them. Additionally, they serve as the source of
foreign exchange through tourism attraction. Therefore, the economy would have been affected
if animals are destroyed by hunting. Their protection played an essential role in the public and
the ecosystem.
