(par 1.1) Degradation of various natural resources
A scientific report on the severity of environmental degradation of our various natural resources. http://deoxy.org/sciwarn.htm World Scientists’ Warning To Humanity The Environment The environment is suffering critical stress: The Atmosphere Stratospheric ozone depletion threatens us with enhanced ultraviolet radiation at the earth’s surface, which can be damaging or lethal to many life forms. Air pollution […]
(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 […]