If we catch the last fish in the ocean.
If we drink the last drop of water in the last river.
If we pick the last fruit.
If we cut down the last tree.
If we make a coat from the fur of the last animal.
If we sell the last few mouthfuls of fresh air.
In the end, there is only money left, but money can't be eaten.
There is only gold left, but gold can't be used to breathe.
Unless this day, in a hole in a corner of the earth, there is a child hiding. ...
The last child, with countless birds in his arms, has a pocket full of seeds of life.
From Searle's picture book If the Earth Were Made by Us (France)? (Italian) Bonanni Painting Translation: Wu Juan
Today is June 5th, World Environment Day.
As a person who loves environmental protection, I think I should say something today.
Let's start with this picture book! I like this picture book very much, and I also like reading it to children.
On the blue planet of the earth, about 70% of the area is ocean, and only about 30% belongs to land, and land is the place where most life lives on the earth, so scientists have been worried that the melting of glaciers caused by global warming will cause sea level rise. There is no doubt that the global sea level rise has brought great danger to mankind.
We all know that global warming will lead to the melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic. Melting glaciers will not only make animals living in the North and South poles lose their homes, but also cause serious damage to animal ecosystems, and will also cause sea level rise, which will directly threaten coastal cities and small islands. For example, in June 65438+1October 65438+July 2009, the Maldivian Cabinet held the world's first "underwater cabinet meeting", which highlighted the threat of global warming to this country. Perhaps, this "paradise" in the Indian Ocean will disappear one day. ...
In addition, it is reported that there may be prehistoric creatures and germs in glaciers. If glaciers melt, will new species be born, and will unknown germs cause new disasters?
Of course, these are all guesses.
With the development of modern fishery, more and more marine life has become delicious in human mouth. If more marine life is captured than the ecosystem can make up for, the whole marine ecosystem will deteriorate. Many marine scientists worry that today's overfishing is pushing many species to the brink of extinction, and sometimes the catch of fish has reached or exceeded the catch.
I have to say that 1992, the fishing industry in Newfoundland, Canada completely collapsed, and the fishermen did not catch any cod during the whole fishing season. This is the result of the local fishery department conniving at overfishing. This situation led to 40,000 people losing their jobs and the economic downturn in the whole region. Anyone who has seen the BBC documentary Dolphin Bay must know how many dolphins are going to be brutally killed and dyed the sea water in that bay red in order to make huge profits. ...
These seem far away from us. As ordinary people, the development of the situation is beyond our control, and we can only do our little bit. With the development of economy, we are more and more aware that man and nature should develop harmoniously. Take the example around us. Every spring is the season for fish and shrimp to lay eggs, and fishing is prohibited in many places. This is to protect them, of course, let us feel gratified.
Encyclopedia data show that the total volume of water on the earth is about 65.438+38.6 million cubic kilometers, of which 96.5% is distributed in the ocean, and fresh water is only about 35 million cubic kilometers. If the inaccessible glaciers and ice sheets on high mountains and the water distributed in saline-alkali lakes and inland seas are deducted, the water volume of freshwater lakes and rivers on land is less than 1% of the total water volume of the earth, and the drinking water in this 1% freshwater is only 0.325%.
We may not be able to understand the urgent demand for fresh water in arid and semi-arid areas, nor the conflict over fresh water resources in some countries, but we may be more aware of the destruction of water resources and the deterioration of water quality. We often see reports of various pollution accidents in the news, such as leakage and leakage. There is no doubt that there are many public hazards in history that have not taught today's mankind. Fortunately, with the gradual improvement of understanding and the increasingly strict policies and measures, we have to ignore the pursuit of economic development many years ago.
In China, surface water is divided into five categories, to be exact, it should be six. The first three types of water quality are closely related to our drinking water. They are nature reserves, primary and secondary protected areas. The four types of water are suitable for general industrial waters and recreational waters where the human body is not in direct contact. The five categories are mainly applicable to agricultural waters and waters with general landscape requirements. The last category is inferior to five categories of water, such as Dianchi Lake. When I was in college ten years ago, many teachers and teachers.
We all know that deforestation will cause soil erosion, destroy ecological balance, cause sandstorms, and affect water resources, industrial and agricultural production and people's lives.
With the implementation of "returning farmland to forests" in rural areas, the rural environment has been improved in recent years, and reports of plant afforestation can be seen every year on Arbor Day.
Up to now, I think that human beings will never be stupid enough to cut down the last tree. ...
The mink coat impressed me the most. It is understood that a top fur coat needs 70 minks. Strangely, such a coat covered with countless blood has become fashionable and sought after, and a luxury. It's unimaginable!
I once heard that a pair of shoes of a rich man is made of dozens of skins, which is the most expensive shoes in the world!
In addition, people who take elephant ivory, pangolin and bear gall will destroy and kill them, because they are the masters of the earth and the tallest of all animals. They will never know and will harm themselves or their descendants one day!
Now we will pay attention to PM2.5 unconsciously. Before it was reported a few years ago, PM 10 was used for atmospheric monitoring. This 10 means that the particle size of inhalable particles in the air is not greater than 10um. Now the standards are getting stricter and stricter. PM2.5 is used to judge air quality, and the policy has officially written "Resolutely Fight the Blue Sky Defence War" into the report.
There have been photochemical smog incidents in London in history, and those who are interested can search for "eight major public hazards", which is the result of mankind's unilateral pursuit of development.
Postscript:
A lot of materials are written intermittently, pieced together with the help of encyclopedias, which is a bit messy! Finally, talk about the development trend of environmental problems! As an "environmentalist", I feel that I have a long way to go. I hope that those companies and individuals engaged in environmental protection can put aside their interests and do things that are conducive to environmental development!
The Global Environment Outlook, edited by the United Nations Environment Programme, puts forward that the current global environmental problems present the following seven basic development trends:
1) Renewable resources have exceeded their natural regeneration capacity.
2) Greenhouse gas emissions are still higher than the internationally agreed stability index proposed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
3) The biodiversity contained in natural areas will be gradually lost due to the expansion of agricultural land and human settlements.
4) More and more extensive use of chemicals to promote economic development constitutes a major health risk, environmental pollution and disposal problems.
5) On a global scale, the development of the energy sector does not conform to the principle of sustainability.
6) Rapid and poorly planned urbanization, especially in coastal areas, is causing a serious burden to the ecosystem in neighboring areas.
7) The complex and often unknown interaction of global biochemical cycle is leading to extensive acidification, climate change, hydrological cycle change, and loss of biodiversity, biomass and biological productivity.
We often feel that these things are very far away from ourselves and act as if they have nothing to do with me. Perhaps, as the movie "The Moving Earth" said:
At first, no one cared about the disaster.
This is just a mountain fire, a drought,
The extinction of a species, the disappearance of a city,
Until this disaster, it is closely related to everyone.
I hope everyone can pay attention to it, start from small things and start from themselves! Protect the environment! Protect the earth on which human beings depend!