Thursday, March 24, 2011

for class XI

Human responsibility for the protection of earth

The earth provides habitat, shelter , food and water for all the animals and plants living on this earth. This earth provides very good environment so that living organisms are surviving and will survive in the future also. Among all the animals, man is on the top of the living beings. Yet, man can not think of his own survival without other animals and plants. The existence of life is interlinked. Plants can trap the solar energy and provide Oxygen needed for all the animals. There is transfer of energy from plants to animals and other animals which are carnivores. Man is dominating all the living organisms on this earth. As man is on the top dominating all the living organisms, it becomes responsibility of man to protect all the living organisms and this earth together.

The Zoological name of man is Homo sapiens. Genus Homo means wise. Man is the most intelligent creature of all living organisms on this earth. Man has utilized all the natural resources of the earth the most. Besides, man has utilized the renewable natural resources faster than that can be regenerated naturally. The various activities of man (Anthropogenic) has led to the destruction of naturally growing forests, polluted the water bodies as well the air and surrounding. The establishment of the various industries with their wastes degraded the environment and made less suitable for the living organisms. Also, because of unlimited need of man, industrialization and agriculture have left no space on earth. As man has contributed to the degradation of natural resources, it is the man’s responsibility to protect the earth.

Ways to protect the earth
• Afforestaion and reforestation - plantation of trees and take care of all these plants.
• Control of population of man
• Pollution control
• Conservation of wild life and forest
• Sustainable development not destroying nature
• Use of clean energy like solar energy, wind energy
• Keep in mind that this earth also belongs to all living beings
• Think that by protecting earth and nature, man is protecting himself

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