Environmental Issues
July 16th, 2009 at 04:37pm Under Environmental Law
Anything that surrounds us and affects us directly or indirectly is the part of environment. It includes air, water, land, soil, flora, fauna & other organisms. Today, the declining environment is an alarming issue the world as a whole faces. This is a global phenomenon, nobody is untouched or unaffected by it’s hazardous results.
The environment is degrading at an unprecedented rate. All the natural resources are under threat. The forests are being chopped off thereby causing deforestation which leads to soil erosion, increase in global warming, decrease in precipitation and loss of habitat for the wildlife. The industrialization and urbanization has manifolded the air pollution. Air pollution has serious consequences like asthma, eye irritation, lung cancer and can be even fatal. According to a survey, around 2 million people die every year due to causes directly attributed to air pollution. The scene is unchanged in case of water, soil, noise and land pollution. This all has led to environmental detoriation and degradation.
Now coming to the nature and its boundaries, environmental pollution knows none of them. The whole world faces this crisis today. The polar icecaps and glaciers are rapidly turning to water. The Brazilian forests have been reduced to half. The nuclear tragedy in Russia and Bhopal gas tragedy in India are shocking examples of how the environment is affected by human activities. Many species of animals have become endangered. The average temperature of earth has gone up. The ozone layer is depleting. The whole balance and composition of environment has been put at stake. The problem of environment has a global scope and hold.
It is true that no politician, no war or no philosopher can bring the world as close and together as this problem. It is time for the mankind to rise from their slumber of ignorance and cooperate to solve this menace. Everybody has to stand united and make sleepless efforts to solve these problems. People should spread awareness regarding environmental issues. Role of individual is important. Earth day and environmental day should be celebrated with zeal and vigor and people all over the world should take active part in it. It is time when we should forget the boundaries of countries and religion. As said, it’s a global problem.
Even now if people choose disunity and disharmony, the mankind is sure to doom. What is important is that people should understand that if there is environment, there is life. Environment should be our top priority. Global acts and policies should be formed and environmental laws need to be stringent. United we stand, divided we fall. Let us all irrespective of our nations, take a pledge and protect our environment.