Religion and the environmental crisis
The UN issued a Code Red warning that humanity is entering, ecologically speaking, a non-return crisis. The real deep-seated reason for the dilemma lies not in industrialization per se but in the attitudes of people who are inherently selfish and greedy, insisting on amenities that require the extracting of more resources than can be delivered by Nature’s ecoservices. Religious beliefs play an important role in people’s disposition. The falling apart of the system can only be reversed by unselfish caring of love and respect for fellow humans and for Nature.
(par 7.4.2.1 ) Choking to Death on Dirty Air
By GROUNDVIEWS Аir pollution is the single greatest environmental risk to human health and one of the main avoidable causes of death and disease globally, with some estimated 6.5 million premature deaths attributed to indoor and outdoor air pollution. This figure is expected to more than double by 2050. Particularly in developing countries, air pollution […]
(par 9.7.2.5) Number of seabirds killed in Namibian waters reduced by 98%
Namibian fishery reduces seabird deaths by 98% https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/01/07/namibian-fishery-reduces-seabird-deaths-by-98/#:~:text=After%20over%20a%20decade%20of,22%2C000%20birds%20saved%20every%20year. By Alan Munro, International Marine Policy Project Officer, RSPB (Birdlife in the UK) JANUARY 2021 After over a decade of work with the country’s fishing industry, the Albatross Task Force in Namibia are celebrating a major conservation success. A new paper shows that seabird deaths […]