ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

Environmental Degradation

Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of environmental degradation in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on environmental degradation and its relation with its causes and its impacts. The research also analyzes many aspects of the causes of environmental degradation and tries to gauge its effect on overall environment. The paper discusses causes and effects of environmental degradation from variegated perspective.

Environmental Degradation

Introduction

Just like days come and pass, seasons start and end, years begin and end similarly, life on this earth in the reflection of human beings come in this world and go. But, one thing that remains attached with this change is the requirement and needs. God has bestowed a number of blessings on us to fulfill our needs that we want to live on this earth. God has given us a number of blessings such as water, minerals, salts, oil, gas etc. One thing that is stigmatized with the nature of the human beings is their requirements and their needs. In order to fulfill their needs and requirements they take everything from the nature and its environment but the main and critical question is that what human beings offer in return? Nowadays there is an increasing concern about the environmental conditions and its increasing degradation. This concern of environmental protection raises the question about the responsibility of human being to protect the beautiful environment that God has given to us. The aim and objective of this paper is to talk about this issue of environmental degradation from variegated perspectives.

Research Objective

The objective of the research is to explore the causes and the effects of environmental degradation.

Discussion

Some of the problems affecting the whole society have to do with subject of human behavior. The activities human have changed the environment so dramatically over the last fifty years are point of endangering the existence of life on earth. The following part of the paper discusses the causes and effects of the environmental degradation.

Causes of Environmental Degradation

Environmental problems are not due of fates that are linked intrinsically with human interventions expressed in many different ways in economy, science and technology, politics and law and society as a whole. The following are the important causes of the environmental degradation.

Social Factors

When we talk about the social impacts of various components on the environment the first thing that comes to the mind is of population. The overall population of this world is increasing at a rapid pace. The impact of this increased population on environment occurs in the form of consumption of the natural resources and the production of the waste. It also includes the phenomenon of stress of environment such as loss of biodiversity, increased pressure on arable land and pollution of air and water (Jamieson, 2001).

The second important component of social impacts on the degradation of the environment is of poverty. Poverty is considered as both the cause as well as the outcome of the environmental ...