Walt Disney Company to send some profits from The Lion King remake to Conservation Efforts
Walt Disney Company to send some profits from The Lion King remake to Conservation Efforts
Problem
The world has entered the Sixth Mass Extinction cycle. The Guardian recently wrote that "Humanity has wiped out 60% of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles since 1970, leading the world’s foremost experts to warn that the annihilation of wildlife is now an emergency that threatens civilization." This comes from the "Living Planet Report 2018" which indicates that plummeting numbers of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish around the world are an urgent sign that nature needs life support. With environmental issues sky rocketing in the 21st century, and global climate change intensifying, it is evident that something needs to be done to save these species from extinction.
Solution
Current efforts to protect nature are not ambitious enough to match the scale of the threat our planet is facing. If we seek to have any sort of concrete reform in the way we manage and restore natural systems, we need all sectors of society to join forces and embark on a sustainable and circular path. If Walt Disney Studios Company wants to make a profit out of a story that depicts Earth's beautiful wildlife and treasures of Africas last remaining global species, they should be apart of the solution to save these species from extinction. That is why we should call upon Walt Disney Studios Company to implement part of their profits (not even all, but just a sum) into conservation efforts and non-governmental organizations fighting to save these species and our planet. These donations can provide organizations with funding that will improve monitoring, protecting and conserving wildlife, while simultaneously helping combat global climate change. Conservation efforts can benefit from such actions and improve the livelihoods of not only the other living species we share this planet with, but also, ourselves.