(par 1.1) Ecosystem destruction and human health
The threat that ecosystem destruction has on human health. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr67/en/index.html From the World Health Organization: Human health under threat from ecosystem degradation Threats particularly acute in poorer countries 9 DECEMBER 2005 | BANGKOK/GENEVA — The World Health Organization (WHO) is publishing a report, Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Health Synthesis, which represents an attempt to describe […]
(par 1.1) The environmental crisis
The environmental crisis http://www.soas.ac.uk/cedep-demos/000_P500_ESM_K3736-Demo/unit1/page_11.htm An unprecedented crisis One of the most compelling reasons for studying environmental science and management is the fact that, in the view of many leading authorities, we are now experiencing an environmental crisis; indeed, many authors have claimed that the present environmental crisis is unprecedented in its magnitude, pace and severity […]
(par 1.1) Degradation of various natural resources
Degradation of various natural resources http://www.scienceclarified.com/El-Ex/Endangered-Species.html An endangered species is any animal or plant species whose very survival is threatened to the point of extinction. Once extinct, a species is no longer found anywhere on Earth. Once gone, it is gone forever. Throughout Earth’s geological history species have become extinct naturally. However, in modern times […]