Man-made disasters

Endangered life species

Man-made disasters
What is it?
• When the disasters are due to carelessness of human or mishandling
of dangerous equipment’s they are called man-made disasters
• Common examples of these disasters are train accidents, aero plane
crashes, collapse of buildings, bridges, mines, tunnels, etc.
• Highlighting impacts of man-made disasters
• Injuries
• Diseases
• Casualties
Examples of man-made disasters
Hazardous material spill
Fire
Groundwater contamination
Gas leak
Transportation accidents
Structure collapse
Mining incidents
Explosions
Terrorism, riots
Therefore, examples of man-made disasters
• Hazardous material spills
• Fires
• Groundwater contamination
• Gas leaks
• Transportation accidents
• Structure collapse
• Mining accidents
• Explosions
• Terrorism, riots, war (An act which is purely intentional unlike the rest which can
be unintentional)
How can man-made disasters be mitigated to
a large extent
• Proper training of personnel working in the hazardous industries
• Proper maintenance and care of safety measures
• Removing human encroachments around hazardous industries.
• Making the people aware about the first-aid methods in case of accidents
• Applying wet cloth over the mouth and nose in case of gas leakages minimizes
the health hazards
• Remaining indoors in case of radioactive accidents
• Providing the people with proper medical care, in some cases throughout their life
• Providing adequate compensation to the affected people by way of money and
employment
Anthropogenic hazards: A form of man-made
disaster
• “Intentional human activity that is non-malicious, but that may have a
negative impact on the environment/society through the triggering or
catalyzing of other hazardous processes”
• Examples include (considering environment):
• Groundwater abstraction
• Vegetation removal
• Quarrying and surface mining
• Urbanization
• Subsurface construction (tunnelling).
Detailed explanation of anthropogenic hazards
affecting environment
etailed explanation of anthropogenic hazards
Endangered life species
 What is it all about?
• Endangered species are any species that is at risk of extinction because of a
sudden rapid decrease in its population or a loss of its critical habitat
• Types of endangered species:
Vulnerable
•  Species likely to become endangered unless the circumstances that are threatening its
survival and reproduction improve
Endangered
• Species very likely to become extinct in the near future
Critically endangered
• Species facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild
Extinct
• No more individuals of a given species is alive anywhere in the world
Causes of species getting endangered
• Loss of habitat
• Major contributor:
• Human activity
• Impact:
• Man-animal conflict
• Pollution like air pollution, water pollution and waste pollution,
especially in the form of plastic plays a very dominant role in the
endangerment of animal species
Endangered species of India
 WILD LIFE (PROTECTION) ACT, 1972
• Framing policies and advising Central and State Government on promotion of
wildlife conservation and controlling poaching and illegal trade of wildlife
and its products
• Making recommendations for setting up and managing national parks,
sanctuaries and other protected areas
• Suggesting measures for improvement of wildlife conservation
• To collect intelligence related to organized wildlife crime activities and to
disseminate the same to other enforcement agencies for action
• Selection and management of protected areas
• Advice on measures to be taken for harmonizing the needs of the tribal‘s and
other forest dwellers, with the protection and conservation of wildlife
Other Laws/Acts by the Government to
protect species from getting endangered
• Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2002
• Wild Life Amendment Act, 2006
• Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2010