ECN 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Homo Economicus, Parks Canada, Hagfish
5 Mar 2018
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Environmental degradation is the decline in the natural environment"s ability to sustain life as a result of pollution, inefficient resource use and natural disasters. The planet"s natural ecosystems and regenerating bio-capacity are being severely degraded and, as a result, this compromises the ability of the planet to sustain life. Forests, fisheries, oceans, rangeland, fresh water systems (lakes, wetlands, rivers) and other natural ecosystems are all threatened while many are on the verge of collapse. Water, land and air are getting increasingly polluted, water tables are falling, soil erosion is leading to desertification, global warming is well underway, and species are dying out 1000 times faster than their natural rate of extinction. http://www. worldcentric. org/conscious-living/environmental-destruction. Although developed nations caused most of the initial environmental destruction, developing nations make a sizeable contribution to this inefficient practice. They are hardest hit by environmental degradation and look to developed nations to take the lead in protecting the environment.
