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Implications: Economic: Unfortunately wildlife corridors such as the TTC can be costly to create and maintain. Daniel Simberloff, a renowned ecologist and biologist who graduated from Harvard states “maintaining a corridor would be much more costly than refuges for endangered species” suggesting that transferring larger animals from one plot of land to another would be cheaper than buying land and building a corridor. This expense may deter people from backing this method even though results prove it is good habitat for breeding which will have a negative impact on Sumatran tiger populations. Environmental: Another disadvantage is that the corridor may be at risk from deforestation itself which could subsequently increase the amount of deforestation of local area. There is very little that can be done to stop the corridor from being cut down, putting Sumatran tigers at risk or any other species that use the corridor as a breeding place or a habitat. Impact on Humans and other Organisms Similar to solution 1, the corridor may help to maintain and increase the Sumatran tiger population with concern that this will result in a decrease in prey species population because more tigers eat more prey. However, the corridor provides habitat for these prey species allowing them to bred and increase in number similarly whilst increasing biodiversity which outweighs the disadvantage. Alternatively, this may provide risk to local people and plantations e.g. by taking up land which could produce money for local economy. To combat this, the corridors should be planned effectively as far away from any local villages to reduce any conflict but also plantations should be consulted before the corridor is built to find an area of land which meets ... ... middle of paper ... ...iable because it is old. However, this source discusses the history of the Sumatran tiger and the history of their genetics, for example how an event from thousands of years ago isolated the Sumatran tigers from mainland tiger leading to a very small, closely related group. As these are not results looking at trends and patterns but finding out facts, I can suggest it is reliable even though it is old. I also believe the results are valid because the journal is carried out by 4 qualified people in scientific fields (natural history, health and chemistry). I also believe this source is valid because it said the source was” Accepted 15th January 2010” – this suggests an element of peer review or checking and with the source being accepted it is safe to presume the source is valid. 10- Zoological Society London. Speaker, Education Officer. Visited on 20th January 2013