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10.
Environmental
protection
Some hundreds of years ago people lived in harmony with nature, because industry was not much developed. Today, however, the contradictions between man and nature are dramatic.
The twenty first century is a century of the scientific and
technological progress. The achievements of the mankind in mechanization and
automation of industrial processes, in chemical industry and conquering outer
space, in the creation of atomic power stations and ships are amazing. But at
the same time, this progress gave birth to a very serious problem – the problem
of environment.
Ecology and the contamination of environment, is concerned with climate,
over-population in certain areas, deaths of plant and animals, chemical
contamination of seas, lakes and rivers as well as atomic experiments and
dumping of atomic waste from power stations. Floods, unexpected draughts, and
the greenhouse effect are the next reasons.
There are many consequences of damaging the environment. One of them is
acid rain. Another one is water shortage resulting from abuse of arable lands
in agriculture. The third one is destroying the ozone layer of the Earth
through pollution from factories and plants. The fourth problem is damage o
water and soils. The fifth one is damage to wildlife: numerous species of
animals and plants can disappear. At last, the most serious danger arising from
damaging the environment is the result of the abovementioned consequences. This
is the danger for the life and health of the man.
The protection of natural resources and wildlife is becoming a political
programme in every country. Numerous anti-pollution
acts passed in different countries led to considerable improvements in
environment. In many countries purifying systems for treatment of industrial
waters have been installed, measures have been taken to protect rivers and seas
from oil waters.
But the environmental problems have grown beyond the concern of a single
country. Their solution requires the co-operation of all nations.
If we are unable to learn to use the
environment carefully and protect it from damage caused by man’s activities,
very soon we’ll have no world to live in.