I personally think this view is problematic and it's why we're ruining the environment. We have a false sense of importance which shouldn't exist and it might send us extinct if we're not careful.'
For example, give me one single reason why we think we have the right to pollute the environment, fill the water ways with tyre dust, chop down the amazon, factory farm?
It's a lack of respect for other things which is the issue.
I think all life is important.
Honestly, I think we're overall pretty doomed. But hey, round and round it goes.
Where do we draw the line? As a human, I have to go on walks to live a healthy, long life. Every time I go on a walk I am crushing many bugs, and occasionally reptiles or their eggs beneath my feet. When I eat food, even plant based, many bugs and worms are necessarily killed in the process. At some fundamental level, human existence is competitive and destructive to other life. Personally, I just do my best to minimize this impact.