STOP deforestation: a claim for Earth Day
From fires in Australia or the Amazon, earthquakes anywhere in the globe to the most recent COVID-19 pandemic that shakes the world, Mother Earth is calling upon us to preserve her
The misconception that natural resources are infinite has brought humanity to the edge of great catastrophes. Pollution, climate change and the disappearance of ecosystems are changing the world and how we live in it. Precisely, to raise awareness about it, every April 22nd the world celebrates theInternational Day of Mother Earth, proclaimed by the United Nations (UN).
SOS Planet: a distress message
Nature is sending an “SOS message,” stated the UN Environment Director Inger Andersen in an interview with The Guardian.
The human race must regain harmony with nature because «as we hurtle towards a population of 10 billion people on this planet, we need to go into this future armed with nature as our strongest ally.” added the official.
Deforestation is one of the most serious problems on the planet. And it happens due to the indiscriminate use of a resource that we undervalue on a daily basis. Have you thought about how we live in a digital society, but still dependent on paper? Later you can find an extension of this idea.
When did we start worrying about preserving the earth?
The celebration of World Earth Day, promoted by the UN in 2009, is much older and goes back to the end of the 20th century, when actions in favor of Mother Nature began to be carried out.
The first attempts occurred in 1968 in the United States, at the Human Ecology Symposium – organized by Morton Hilbert and the U.S. Public Health Service–, where they debated about the possible impact of pollution on the planet on human health.
The Survival Project was one of the first environmentally conscious educational events. It took place in North America at Northwestern University on January 23, 1970.
Senator and environmental activist Gaylord Nelson pushed for the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, which would enact laws focused on protecting the planet. These actions sought, as today, to raise awareness among the population about the most pressing problems around nature.
Deforestation, permanent avoidable damage
Pollution, flora and fauna extinction, overpopulation and natural resources over-exploitation are the greater problems we face in the XXI century.
Deforestation stands out in that list of contemporary problems. Every year 15 billion trees are lost on earth. If it continues like this in 300 years there will be no forests.
According to FAO data, between 1990 and 2015, the losses of forests amounted to 129 million hectares. According to experts,this causes people to come into contact with wildlife which carries viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms. In other words, they can transmit zoonotic diseases such as the pandemic that currently affects us.
Global tree loss influences carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere, which in return exacerbates the effects of climate change.
How to avoid more damage from deforestation to Earth?
Turning part of our forests into tons of paper, which will later be squandered in different places, is one of the causes that drives deforestation. The environmental damage caused by this industry is diverse and is increasing every year.
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