What Is Environmental Degradation? Environmental degradation is a result of socio-economical‚ technological and institutional activities. Degradation occurs when Earth’s natural resources are depleted. These resources which are affected include: • Water • Air • Soil The degradation also impacts our: • Wildlife • Plants • Animals • Micro-organisms How Environmental Degradation Occurs Environmental changes are based on many factors including: • Urbanization • Population growth • Economic
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ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS “The Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs‚ but not every man’s greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi. The ‘Environment’ is a term used to represent an entire systems‚ geology‚ and climate. An Environment can be any scale‚ including global‚ regional‚ local‚ and even down to single locations‚ and things like buildings. Often the phrase ‘the environment’ is used to denote the global environment‚ or a larger regional
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Environmental Determinism Throughout the study of geography‚ there have been a number of different approaches to explaining the development of the world’s societies and cultures. One that received much prominence in geographic history but has declined in recent decades of academic study is environmental determinism. Environmental determinism is the belief that the environment (most notably its physical factors such as landforms and/or climate) determines the patterns of human culture and societal
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Environmental Determinism Naturally‚ you don’t expect that the early people who lived in the far north of the globe to be black skin color or the people who lived near the equator to be white skin color. As well as sea people to be skilled hunters and people living in the woodlands to be skilled fishers. Our social and cultural development is affected by the weather that surrounds us and also the geographical position that we live in‚ this is this belief is called environmental determinism. Although
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AN INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LAW James Maurici‚ Landmark Chambers Introduction 1. This talk will look at: i. What is environmental law? ii. The sources of environmental law iii. Some key concepts in environmental law: the precautionary principle‚ the polluter pays‚ public participation and access to environmental justice iv. An introduction to the main areas of environmental law: a. air quality b. climate change c. contaminated land d. noise e. environmental permitting f. waste g. water h. nature
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Environmental Disasters For the purpose of this article an environmental disaster is defined as a specific event caused by human activity that results in a seriously negative effect on the environment. Sometimes a natural disaster can become an environmental disaster‚ but that is a topic to be discussed elsewhere. In most cases environmental disasters are caused by human error‚ accident‚ lack of foresight‚ corner cutting during industrial processes‚ greed‚ or by simple incompetence. In other
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Environmental Psychology People behave differently depending on the environment that they are exposed to or are physically in. Each environment setting yields different behavioral results that are similar among-st the people in such environment. To better understand environmental psychology it is important to understand that the definition is substantial to many environmental settings that humans have. Although conservation psychology‚ social Psychology and environmental psychology can work together
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Need For Environmental Science As defined by Wikipedia‚ “Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences‚ which includes but is not limited to Ecology‚ Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Biology‚ Soil Science‚ Geology‚ Atmospheric Science and Geography.” Environmental science provides an integrated approach to the study of environmental science‚ ecosystems‚ and the changes in them‚ their depletion and corrective measures. Environmental science is
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Definition of environmental degradation Environmental degradation describes the erosion of the natural environment through the depletion of resources‚ the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of plant and animal species. It is caused by direct or indirect human activity‚ and has increased significantly since the Industrial Revolution. The United Nations has listed environmental degradation in its top ten list of high level threats faced by the planet to date. Environmental degradation is
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 1. To what extent have the principles of environmental law been incorporated in the Environmental Protection Act 2000 20TH MARCH‚ 2004. Introduction The environment is made up of the physical‚ biological and human elements. These three are different facets of one and the same environment. Not only in recent years‚ the human environment has begun to impinge and burden the physical and biological environment. It is only in recent years that the public has been made aware
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