ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.pptx SCIENCE PROJECT

Environmental degradation slideshow for reference to use. Biology project for class 11

1. R oo t Iss u e s O f E nv i r o n m e n t a l D e p l e t i o n : - It is very ev i den t f ro m t he ch art a b ov e t h a t m a jority n u m b e r of indiv i du a ls a r e a gr ee ing o n de f o r est a tio n a s th e pr ime c a us e of en vir o n m en t a l de g rada t io n . Pl a s tic con s u mption, P ollut i o n f ro m indust r i es , n at u r a l d i s a st e rs a nd i n c re a sing popul a tio n a re al so present in s m a l l a m o unt s c o mpar e d to d ef o r e s t a t io n. En vir o nmen t a l c h a n ge s are b a s e d o n f a ct o r s like u rbaniz a tion, popul a tio n a n d e c o n o m ic g r owth, incr e a s e in en e rgy c onsum p tio n a n d agricu l t u r a l in t en si ficatio n . The d eg r a d at i o n h a s ad v e rse imp a ct s on hum a n s, p l a nts, a n i m a ls a nd mi c r o -o r g a n i sms. To co p e u p w i th t he critica l si t u a tion , w e need to m a ke opti mu m us e a nd m a n ag e m en t of r e so u rc e s, s usta i n a b l e de ve l opme n t , ado p tio n o f gr e e n c oncept a nd a b ov e al l c o mm u n i ty p a r t i ci pa tio n in al l d evelop m en t a l a ctiviti e s. Def o r e s tat i o n I n d us tr i al E x h a ust Po p ul at i o n Gr o w th N at u ral Cau s e s Pl a st i c c o n s u m pti o n A l l o f t h e se Th is pie c har t is o n t h e basis t h e surve y tha t wa s h eld t o know wha t p e opl e t houg h t wa s t h e m ajor c au s e s of env ironm e nta l d e g rada t io n.

2. S a f e I n Th e H a nd s O f Go v e r n m e n t O r N o t ? From th e r e s u l ts o f t he a b ove g r a ph, it c a n b e s ee n t h a t peop l e a r e n ’ t quit e sat is fi e d with t he w a y o f th e p r e s en t gover n ment is hand l ing th is pr ob l em . Even th o u g h a l ot o f w ay s a nd p r og r a ms w e re in t r o d u ce d b y gover n ment to r e d u c e e n vir o n ment depl et i on , t he r e spon s e o f p eo ple m a kes i t se e m o the rwise. C ou n t r i e s l i ke P e r u , Tunisi a , S i ngap o r e , Rom a n i a , Bulgaria, U nit e d Stat e s , Aus t r al i a, N o r w ay, N ew Z eal a nd, Finl a nd a nd D en m a rk ha v e m a d e ma j o r contri b utio n s in r e duc i ng t he d e gra d ati o n e no r m o usl y . P eopl e A n d P o l l u t i o n : - Y E S NO Sa les A i r Wate r L a n d Th is c har t indicat e s wh e t her t h e gov ern m en t t akes proper m e a sur e s f or t he w e l lb e ing and s e c u rity o f t he env ironm e n t and surroundi ngs. Th is c har t sho w s t h e di ff erent t ype s o f pollu t io n aff e c t ing indi v idu a ls o f India . Air pol l utio n is d es t ru c t iv e t o t h e p eople.

3. Mo r e t h a n 8 % o f t h e popu l atio n in u r b a n a re a s is ex p os e d to emi ssi ons th a t exc e e d t h e W o r l d H e alth O r g a n i z a ti o n's limits ( W H O 2 016 ) . A ir pollut i o n is o n e of t h e m o s t pre ssing w o r l d wi d e h e alth a nd en vir o n m en t a l pr o b l em s with t h e H e a l th Effects In s titute r a n k ing i t amo n g t h e t o p five g l oba l risk f ac t o r s f or d e a th (HEI 20 1 9). Acc o rding to t he HEI r e s e a rc h, p a r t i cu l a t e mat t e r poll u tio n w a s the thir d l e ad ing c aus e of m ort al i ty in 2 17 , w i th India h a v i ng t h e h i ghe st r a t e . In Indi a , a ir p o l lutio n w a s esti m a t e d to h a ve c ause d a pp ro xim a t e l y 1 .1 milli o n p r e m at u re de a th s i n 2 017 ( HEI 2 1 9), w i th 5 6 pe r c e nt o f tho se f a t al i ties link e d to ex p o s ur e to o u td o or P M 2 .5 con c en t rati on s and 44 per c en t to d om es t ic a ir pol l ut ion. C ov id H e l p i n g I n S a v i n g T h e E nv i r o n m e n t ? T h e no v el outb r e a k of C or o navir u s di s e a s e 19 (C OV I D - 19) a n d t h e result i ng w or l dwi d e p a n d e m ic i n 2 2 , has b r o u g ht wi t h it a n u m ber of u n p r e c e d e n t ed s i d e e f f e cts. There h a ve b e e n a n u m b e r of a d v er se ef f e c ts o n t h e e n vir onm e n t d u e to cov i d , pri m a rily th e w a ste d is c h a r g e f r o m hospit a ls a nd f ac t o r i e s for he a lth faci li ties . This includes b i o m e d i ca l w a st e s, thi s has b ee n challengi n g , t o ef f ect i vely en g ag e in w a ste m a n ag e ment b u t a t t he sa me tim e n ot to pos e a th r e a t to th e gen e r a l p u b l ic a l s o. D u e t o cov i d , l e s s t r an s por t ati o n le d t o r e duct i o n o f g r e e n h o us e g a se s si g nifi c a ntly, r e duct i o n in a ir pollut i o n r e sul t ed i n bet t er air qua l ity, 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 I ncre a s e d d e g rad a t i o n De cre a s e d d e g rad a t i o n N o ch a n g e s I ncre a s e d d e gra d at i on De cre a s e d d e gra d at i on N o ch a n g e s Th e bar graph d ep i c t s t h e ef f ec t o f c oron a and ho w it ha s signi f ican t ly helpe d in d e c r easi n g d e gradation.

4. in o v era l l thi s w as a pos i tiv e e f f e c t of t he r e duct i o n in e n e r gy cons um p t i on. F u t ur e I s I n O u r H a n d s W e c a n c ome t o con c lu si o n th at a ppr o xim at e l y h a l f o f th e folk s a re all a b out env i r o n ment su s t a in a b i l i ty b ut o th e r h a l f r e s u l t is co n tr a d i cting wh i c h is not ve r y ni c e t o s ee . If t he we d o n ’ t c o n t r i b u t e anything the n h o w are w e g oing t o c o me t o a nd e n d with d a ng e r ou s si t u ation , en vir o nmen t a l m a n ag e me nt acti vities a re n ot n e c es s a r y, it c a n b e s t a r t e d just f r o m th e p l a c e s ar ound yo u b y yo urself. G r ee d i n es s t a k in g ov e r B r i g h t e r fu t u r e ? Y E S NO 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 1 2 3 4 5 Th is c har t is t o s ign i f y whe t her p e opl e are c ontrib u t ing in savin g ou r e n viro n m en t by par t icipa t ing in m a nage m ent progra m s. Th is c har t sho w s h o w p eopl e is c o m m it t e d t o sa c ri f ice t hei r p re s e n t c om f or t and c o n v enie nc e f o r a good f uture

5. W hen a sked e a c h in d iv i du a l o n a sca l e of 1 - 1 how k ee n i s o n e on a b a nd o n i ng a b it o f c onven i ence , th e m a jority r esul t e d in a po si tive d ir e ctio n b u t o n t h e o t h e r h a n d t h er e a r e stil l thos e w h o wou ld n ’ t gi ve in com f o r t to a b e t t e r f u tu re a h e a d . En vir o nmen t a l d eg ra datio n is on e o f t h e mo st urge n t e n vir o n men t a l iss ues . Depending u p o n the d a ma ge , s o me env i r o n m ent s m a y n ever r e co v er . T h e pla n ts a nd ani m al s t h a t in h a b i t e d the s e pla c e s wil l be l ost fo r e v er . T h e pri m a r y cause s o f en vi r onm e nt a l d eg r a d atio n in I ndia a re at trib ut e d to th e r a pid gro w th o f th e po p u lat i o n in c om b in a ti o n wi th eco n o mic de v elop me nt a nd th e ove r us e of na t u r a l r e s ou r c es . In o r d e r t o r e du c e a ny f ut u re i mp acts , c i ty p l a nn er s, i ndust r y, a n d r esou r c e m a n ag e rs must cons i de r th e l o ng- t e r m e f f ect s of deve l op m en t o n the en vir o n m ent . Ma jo r en vir o n m en t a l ca l a m i ties i n India inclu d e land deg r a d ation , de f o r e st ation , s oi l e r os i on , h a b i t a t des t r u c tio n a n d los s of b iodiv er si t y . E co n om ic gr o wth a nd chang i ng con s u m p tio n p at t er ns have l e d to rising d e m a nd fo r en e rgy a nd incre a sing tr a n s po r t acti vities. A ir, w at er a nd noise pollut i o n t o g et h e r w i th wa t e r s c a r city do min a t e t h e en vir o n m en t a l iss ue s in Indi a . Ac c o r d ing t o t he Wo r ld B a nk e st im a t e, b et w ee n 1 9 9 5 t h r o u g h 20 1 0, India has ma d e o n e o f th e f a s t es t pr o g r ess in th e w o rld, in add r es s ing i ts en vir o n me nt a l iss ue s a nd i m p r oving i ts en vir o n m en t a l q u a l i t y . Still , Ind i a has a l o ng w a y to g o to r e a ch en vir o n m en t a l q u a l i t y s i milar to tho se en jo ye d in develo p e d e c ono m i es.