Environmental issues

"Infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success" 

Hi, friends today I would like to share my ideas regarding environmental issues in our world, it is one of the greatest problems not only in India, but also in the entire world. Degradation of forests causing damage to the earth, water bodies etc..The problems that we are facing today discussed in detail in the essay, prepare well, thank you friends.

Essay - Degradation of forests

You know, people keep on saying 'Rome was not built in a day '. They explain the meaning and provide insights in the saying. They say, it takes resources, hard work, patience and the most precious 'time' to build something extraordinary, beautiful and spectacular. Yeah, sure whatever..... I mean still we can render it in pieces, destroy it, desolate it, desertify it within seconds. We got capability, technology and the right mindset of not giving a damn. Sadly, its true and completely relevant in the context of our environment and our ever-evolving lifestyle.

Forests are sign of lushness, greenery, life, support and sacrifice. It is well known fact, that they are instrumental and indispensable to our existence. Despite, we resort to activities that are detrimental to the nature. We cut trees ,burn forests, kill wildlife to clear the space for our own economic and recreational purposes. But, what we don't do is carry out plantation drive and afforestation to revive the lost part.

Earth took million of years to shape the earth as we see it today. Many geo-chemical and physical processes over a period of time resulted in a liveable earth. Earth even has a feedback mechanism to deal with the imbalances that are naturally created. So, all humans need to do is not try to distort the natural equilibrium. But, its disappointing to see that we fail in doing that.

 So, here we would try to find out the reasons for such a failure on ourselves, try to suggest some solutions if any. Now there must be reasons (although deniable) that compel us to create a desert than a forest WITH THAT EASE. These reasons can resonate with various human entanglements throughout such as, to carry out simple agriculture activity or for highways etc.. Also the topic does not limit our thinking to saving nature alone, but it can be seen in other important aspects of life and has been practiced throughout in different forms, be it historical ,social, political, economical, global, technological etc.

Historically, human, wildlife and nature has coexisted and evolved simultaneously ,maintaining the balance of flow of energy and matter. This can be seen even today in tribal areas globally ,how tribes coexist with surrounding without disturbing the balance. But as history suggests, it took merely a few barrel of bullets, bombs and tanks to destroy the forests as well as the associated life with it just to satiate the human hunger for land and dominance. The colonialists cleared massive forested land in colonies like in America and Indian northeast for intensive plantation, which left many hundred acres of land lifeless and barren. There is economics attached to most of the human actions.

And so, socially and economically speaking, the trades and globalisation necessitated connectivity for which forests are cleared to build roads, highways, railway lines and dockyards it became essential to set up massive industries which put pressure on nature. The new farming techniques with extensive use of pesticides and fertillizers, over irrigation have led the farms lifeless and deserted. It is so, because it is easy to adopt such actions than to use organic fertillizer and natural farming techniques that require some patience, innovativeness and time to adopt. According to UNCCD, nearly 25 percentage of global productive land is now highly deserted and next 8 percent under stress.

The rampant ill practices have rendered oceans deserted as well. The dumping of waste, oil leaks and palstics chokes marine life. To dispose of the waste using soild waste material techniques seems difficult for us. It finds an important place at individual and social relationships too. Today  hate, intolerance and disharmony is being spreaded across communities and societies. This has destabilising implication for the social framework and social fabric. This is easier than to build that harmony, tolerance and acceptance which our forefathers and freedom fighters over a period of time have established through blood and sweet. Thus, it easy to destroy something than to create it.

Politically, also much has not been done to safeguard our forests. There are several institutions acting nationally and globally to conserve forests. Despite such efforts ,we witness climate change and experience its impact. The act of not doing anything or trying is equal to destroying something. A sound example is the CAMPA funds meant for afforestation. This fund remained useless in government accounts. The inactiveness by authorities here is not due to some compulsion, but because its easier to let things happen than to start a afforestation drive which would take efforts and some work.

Globally, the sensitisation and awareness is being spread through international agencies to actively contribute to nature conservation. Even nations have agreed to come with INDCs to speed up the environment conservation efforts and reduce climate change. The recent example is Paris agreement or cop 21. However, nations across the globe have done or initiated positive conservation efforts at very low level.

This has been made obvious by the recent IPCC report. Even countries have engaged themselves in some sort of war that is destroying structures, life, nature and civilisations. Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan etc, touted to be part of one of the oldest civilisation mesopotamia, with its rich culture and remains has been ravaged by war, destroyed in pieces, and brought to dust in matter of decades. Here we can observe that the destruction needs no time and is easier as compared to the time it tool to build or create that civilisation.

In today's world, technology is very dependable tool to do something. It takes years of research, experiments and observation to create a technology, but to destroy using that technology is possible within seconds. Nuclear or atomic technology was created with lots of patience and research to find an alternative source of less polluting and long lasting power generation. But, in 1945 it was a matter of minutes when a happy, prosperous and lively city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was rendered deserted.

So, we infer that there are several possible explanations for destroying something, but there is only one explanation to create anything and that is its NECESSITY. It depends on us, in what way we wanna proceed to pursue our aim. Yes, it takes a lot of effort to build or create something remarkable, but is it not worth praising and to celebrate the sheer effort, work, patience and time it took to create. In our indian culture it is often said that “SAVIOUR IS AT HIGHER PEDESTAL AND COMES FIRST THAN DESTROYER”. We should also remember that it takes massive amount of time hardwork and technical know how to build a building, but it just needs someone to pull out a single brick to collapse it.