JOHN LESTER L.

ESMA
BSED ENGLISH 1-A

With so many definitions, meanings and interpretations associated with the term
"environment," it is extensively used. People who believe in the environment include agricultural
and pastoral landscapes, while others who believe the environment includes all parts of the
planet, including metropolitan regions, believe that the environment includes all parts of the
planet's surface, including urban areas. There is a core assumption at the heart of all of these
usages, however: that the 'environment' exists in some way connected to humans. Individuals,
things, elements, and systems rarely exist in isolation; rather, they interact to varied degrees
with their surrounding entities. In its most literal sense, 'environment' simply means
'surroundings' (environments). Relationships between distinct entities can be wide and complex
in some circumstances, although they are not always.

Human actions have a variety of beneficial and harmful effects on the environment, and
as a result, humans are responsible for environmental protection. In order to accommodate the
increasing number of living and non-living organisms, as well as humans, the world's
ecosystems have evolved tremendously. Because the available resources are decreasing at an
alarming rate, human activities such as deforestation, industrialization, and urbanization have
had a negative impact on the ecosystem (Russo, 2008). The environment has been harmed as
a result of these activities, such as water, air, and land pollution, reducing its productivity.
Environmental harm is caused by humans or by nature. Landslides and hurricanes are
examples of natural disasters. When natural resources are over-exploited, both human and
natural activities contribute to environmental deterioration, and because these resources are
interconnected, they have an impact on other aspects that are dependent on them. The purpose
of this article is to look into how humans affect the environment and how businesses may help
to reduce such effects.

Humans are a part of the natural world since they engage in activities that degrade the
environment in extreme ways. Pollution of land, rivers, oceans, and air is one of these activities
(Constanza, Graumlich, & Steffen, 2007). For example, industrialization has resulted in water
contamination in the vicinity of their operations, corrupting clean water by dumping chemicals
into rivers. Furthermore, when greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are released into the
atmosphere, they have a negative impact on the environment. Because these gases build up in
the atmosphere and trap heat, they are unable to escape from the earth's surface. Climate
change and global warming have resulted from the trapped waves being transformed into heat,
resulting in extreme weather.

The environment suffers as a result of urbanization. The majority of individuals believe

that working in cities is the only way to earn a better job. As a result, poor families have moved
from the countryside to the city, settling in slums near major cities. People engage in behaviors
that degrade the environment as a result of slum overcrowding or expansion since water,
sewerage, and energy are difficult to come by. This leads to inadequate waste management,
poor water quality, and deterioration of air quality as a result. Kabul is an example of a city that
has been demolished as a result of urbanization. This has resulted in the city's physical
infrastructure being destroyed as a result of overpopulation, as well as a shortage of low-income
housing for low-income earners. When improperly disposed of, household waste has a
significant impact on the environment. The percentage of household solid trash produced is
shown in the table below.

It is also a detrimental environmental impact, according to Goudie (2006), because

individuals take down trees without replacing them. Firewood has always been used to cook in
rural locations in impoverished countries, for example. As a result of the strong demand for land
for cultivation, some have cleared the forests. Deforestation has resulted in a number of
problems, including the destruction of carbon sinks such as bogs and forests, as well as the loss
of biodiversity. Due to lack of nutrients and microorganisms, the bare soil is also prone to
erosion caused by wind and water, causing the top rich soil to wash away, making the land
barren. Trees also operate as windbreakers, and their loss has resulted in destructively strong
winds. The Tsunami in Indonesia, which killed a large number of people, is an illustration of the
effects of deforestation. Similar to Katrina, other hurricanes with tremendous winds have
damaged homes and killed people. In Malaysia, for example, a hurricane in 1880 damaged
parts of the forest in Kelantan. Deforestation is also a problem in the rain forest of Southeast
Asia.

Furthermore, fishing has a number of detrimental environmental consequences. Fish

waste is disposed of by farmers because it contains poisonous chemicals that are used to kill
lice. It is possible that fish species affected by the use of drift nets for fishing could become
extinct, as the use of drift nets for fishing will not only hurt or kill numerous birds, seals, and
other types of fish that were not intended to be killed. Natural reefs may be wiped out if some of
the techniques utilized, such as bottom trawls, are used in the wrong way. The best aquarium
fish species, for example, have been killed in a place called Honaunau in Hawaii, and the
number of them has dropped by half since then. In addition, overfishing and coastal runoff have
resulted in the destruction of several coral reefs in Jamaica. For soup, the fisherman has gone
as far as gathering fish larvae, which they have used to supplement their catch.

I feel we owe it to future generations to protect the environment and the natural world.
Why wouldn't we give them the chance to see the world in the same way that we did? It is
foolish and selfish to destroy it or neglect it for future generations. How could we destroy it to the
point where it is gone before it can be seen by future generations? It is our responsibility to
assist maintain and protect nature. No one will be able to live healthily if we damage the
ecosystem. Because "future generations do not (yet) exist, we have no duties to them,"
someone would believe that we do not owe any future commitments. "If we do not act now, the
implications will be terrible for future generations, especially for the poorest people on the
planet." (Barack Obama) We owe it to our children and grandchildren to protect and share as
much of nature as we can. People will live longer and healthier lives in future generations if we
pass on more useful and healthful information. We need to make the adjustments now if we are
going to be able to help future generations. To be able to reproduce and live off of, this
generation must leave a legacy of viable resources for future generations. Biological diversity is
critical to environmental preservation because "we need to eat food from a variety of animals
and plants, drink water, breathe fresh air, and build shelter and other basic necessities." In order
to meet these needs, different natural processes have been created by various species. In the
event that one of them dies, a chain reaction could break out, causing us to lose access to our
basic needs." No safe place for future generations to live will exist if we damage the ecosystem
that they are intended to live in. So, there won't be many generations after this one, and that's a
good thing. What if the only way to produce a new generation was to kill the existing one? We
wouldn't know, so why not protect the one we have now while we still have the chance?

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