WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF THE ENVIRONMENT? - ENVIRONMENT - 2025

It is important to take care of the environment because human well-being and that of all living beings depends on the good conditions of the natural environment in which they live. If it is not taken care of, the environment becomes polluted and this harms the health of both humans and animals.

The environment is the totality of biological spaces on earth together with the living beings that inhabit them. These environments are made up of all the existing components in living spaces, including natural and artificial elements, living beings and even intangible variables, such as social and cultural concepts.

The environment on its own, is usually kept in balance. However, the enormous human penetration, a product of technological advances that have occurred especially in the last two centuries, has caused an imbalance capable of generating serious consequences.

Lately many governments and organizations have promoted the care of the environment, in order to preserve the terrestrial biosphere.

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Importance of caring for the environment

Is our home

Perhaps the most important reason to take care of the environment is that we live in it. As the earth is our home, the damage we have caused is our responsibility, as well as repairing it.

Urban settlements have increased at a rate never before seen in human history, which, logically, has meant an accelerated destruction of natural ecosystems.

This has resulted in pollution, loss of biodiversity or pollution, causing millions of deaths each year. An increasingly unsustainable environment that affects both the richest and the poorest countries. You could say that we have the house about to fall apart due to the poor conditions in which we have it.

Therefore, solutions must be found to repair this destruction and try to restore the environmental balance.

Sustainability of life

Life on earth is very fragile, the smallest changes can wreak havoc on the environment. If problems like pollution or deforestation are not solved, life on earth may not be sustainable.

Pollution is a good example of how humans affect their own life on earth, the release of toxic elements into the atmosphere can lead to conditions where humans would not survive (natural disasters or extreme air pollution).

This process has already been experienced in other times, in which the increase in temperatures generated diseases such as the Black Death or drought and destruction of natural resources that have caused famines.

Effluents harmful to the environment. Author: OpenClipart-Vectors. Source: Pixabay.

Population growth

The world population has grown rapidly since the 20th century, this means that we not only need more space to live, but to produce more elements for our livelihood.

Several studies indicate that the destruction of the environment at a time with such high population growth could generate a deficit of natural elements (animals, plants) necessary for human life.

Tokyo city, one of the most inhabited and consumerist cities in the world.

With overpopulation, resources could end up giving way to a famine unprecedented in the history of the planet.

Biodiversity

The pollution and destruction of habitats has led to the extinction of many plants and animals. Currently hundreds of species are in danger of disappearing, mainly due to human effects.

Losing biodiversity implies breaking very delicate and vital natural cycles for life, such as pollination. In addition, food chains would lose their balance, causing overpopulation of species that could be harmful to man.

At the cultural level, the extinction of an animal or plant species indicates a decline in the conservation of life.

Our future is in danger

As we mentioned that from the 20th century onwards the human population has increased dramatically, the future trend can be totally discouraging in this regard.

Experts predict that the deterioration of the environment may go faster than advances in medicine, technology or the production of natural resources. This would lead to a slowdown in the population due to death from diseases without a cure such as cancer, higher mortality from pollution and pollution and a process of destruction of biodiversity that will cause famines hitherto never known.

Possibly nature can continue without the human race, but not the other way around, which is why we must make every effort to reverse this situation.

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Consequences of not caring for the environment

The environment where human beings live is very prone to significant changes, there are many consequences of the destruction of our biosphere, and all have an impact on humans.

The pollution and destruction of forests give way to climatic changes capable of wreaking havoc on society, such as hurricanes, rising sea levels, rising global temperatures and loss of the ozone layer.

Every day it is more frequent to see entire populations that live in the street with masks because of the unbearable ambient air or children with obesity rates at such an early age that they evolve into heart problems or cancer.

It is estimated that up to 350 million people are affected by climate change, of which 50% are children. This situation can become unsustainable and lead to conflicts between nations or social hierarchies that further aggravate the situation.

Future generations may not be able to enjoy certain natural environments due to their total destruction or because they are extremely polluted. In turn, they may never taste the flavor of marine species as they are extinct.

The global heat can cause entire territories to evolve in a desert ecosystem, with zero properties for planting and harvesting. There will be a sustainability problem and water will be the most precious commodity, replacing oil.

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