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My client lived in Maidstone. Near there, they have a newells paddock. It is wetland ecosystem. Many plants and animals live in here. But wetland ecosystem is in danger. Many animals and plant may die if we don’t stop this problem. Thompsons family have a daughter. She is so worry about that ecosystem. So, this persuasive letter is for resident to improve this. =Persuasive letter = Dear resident, My name is Amy Nguyen-Duong. I learnt about wetland ecosystem. I found out about some of the problem in this ecosystem that needs to be solved. This letter is about wetland and how to protect the local ecosystem. Newell ‘s paddock is wetland ecosystem. It is the wonderful ecosystem that needs protection. Wetlands are the perfect area with sea and land. They can be stream or swamp. Water in wetland ecosystem can be salt water, fresh water and brackish. They are a wide variety area of aquatic and land habitat for many type of animal. The lake of wetland is about 1-6 feet (33 cm – 200cm) of water. It is interesting place ever. It is combines between animal and plants life in land and aquatic animals and plants. They are home of many Australia native species. They are including swamp wallaby, echidna, water rat (rakali) and swamp snake. Flora is duckweed, bladderwort and banksia. = = = =

Wetland is an important ecosystem. It helps us to prevent the flooding because it will holding water as much as a sponge. It also helps to filter and purify the surface water. Many animals use the wetland for reproduction and migration. So, the number of these species can grow bigger and bigger. The wetland is different with other habitat that wetlands directly improve other ecosystem. So, it is very important to protect the wetland. Many introduced species are pest. They destroy our ecosystem. They are poison to our wetland. The feral cat is an important example. Feral cat are an introduced species. It is carnivore. It is domestic cat return to wild life. Feral cat introduced to Australia many years ago. It came to Australia and made a terrific problem. There are 37 species at risk or called endangered species because of the feral cat. It eats many of our native species. These include native birds, mice, snakes and many more. Another example of an introduced species for this is European rabbit. The European rabbit is an introduced species. It is herbivore. It is a big trouble for farmer in Australia. European rabbit caused millions of dollars worth of damage to crops. It also grows at a terrible speed. It is an invasive species. It grows rapidly, there were 24 rabbits first introduced in 1859 which have multiplied in number to over 800 million over the course of less than a century. The problem is huge as damage to our native flora has been significant. Rabbits eat our flora such as grain, grass flower. If we do not take action for this problem, it might be diastrous for more of our native species. Finally, they have several ways to protect our ecosystem. You can build a fence to separate them and also plant more grass so that European rabbit can eat them in there. You need to keep feral cat in a house at night and make sure that you need to give them food to eat in the daylight. You also need to give other animals some food so they don’t eat another native species. Another way is introduced some species so they can control the ecosystem. One more way is propagate or apomictic the native species. It is the best way to grow rapidly for short time.

Thanks for reading my letter. Please think about this huge problem. We will wait for your change to our wonderful ecosystem. Thanks all.

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