Environment - Definition and Functions

Environment - Definition and Functions

1. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS

2. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS Environment is defined as the total planetary inheritance and the totality of all resources. It includes all the biotic and abiotic factors that influence each other. DEFINITION

3. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS The environment performs four vital functions FUNCTIONS

4. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS The environment performs four vital functions FUNCTIONS It supplies resources; both renewable and non-renewable 1

5. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS The environment performs four vital functions FUNCTIONS It supplies resources; both renewable and non-renewable 1 It assimilates waste 2

6. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS The environment performs four vital functions FUNCTIONS It supplies resources; both renewable and non-renewable 1 It assimilates waste 2 It sustains life by providing genetic and bio diversity 3

7. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS The environment performs four vital functions FUNCTIONS It supplies resources; both renewable and non-renewable 1 It assimilates waste 2 It sustains life by providing genetic and bio diversity 3 It also provides aesthetic service like scenary 4

8. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS CARRYING CAPACITY Carrying Capacity implies that the resource extraction is not above the rate of regeneration of resource and the wastes generated are within the assimilating capacity of the environment

9. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY Absorptive Capacity means the ability of the environment to absorb degradation.

10. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS GLOBAL WARMING Global Warming is the increase in the average temperature of the earth’s lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution

11. ENVIRONMENT – DEFINITION AND FUNCTIONS OZON DEPLECTION Ozone depletion refers to the phenomenon of reductions in the amount of ozone in the stratosphere. Ozone depletion is a major environmental problem because it increases the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation that reaches Earth's surface, which increases the rate of skin cancer, eye cataracts, and genetic and immune system damage.

12. CHIPKO MOVEMENT AND APPIKO MOVEMENT

13. CHIPKO MOVEMENT AND APPIKO MOVEMENT Chipko Movement was aimed at protecting forests in the Himalayas during the 1970s. A similar movement started in Karnataka also, which was named as Appiko Movement. Noted environmentalist Sri. Sunderlal Bahuguna was prominent among the leaders of Chipko Movement