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The poisoning of the world’s land, air and water is the fastest-spreading disease of civilization. It probably produces fewer headlines than wars, earthquakes
and floods, but it is potentially one of history’s greatest dangers to human life on
earth. If present trends continue for the next several decades, our planet will become uninhabitable.
Are the present environmental problems serous enough to be acknowledged,
or so minor that they can actually be ignored? The following facts, based on recent statistics and research, describe the present state of the environment.
17 million hectares of forest disappear annually through logging. This is
equal to clear-cutting a forest area the size of a football field every second.
Half of the earth’s forests have already been destroyed, and it has been estimated that at this rate there will be no forest left in 200 years. Although forests
are considered to be a renewable natural resource, their intense use has led to
this ominous situation. According to the European Economic Council, of the
forests of 23 European countries, about one quarter are suffering from disease
and thousands of hectares have already died.
Annually 120 million square kilometers of land are laid waste.
About 15 percent of Russia’s territory is badly polluted. About 100,000
people live in areas where the rate of radioactive radiation is too high. Half of
Russia’s 222 million hectares of arable land are unfit for cultivation due of pollution. Only one fifth of all industrial waste is treated properly.
The recent tsunami damaged the South Eastern countries and created such
global disasters as floods in European countries, heavy snow falling in California and others is considered by the scientists to be the beginning of the world
ecological crisis. They say that people are to suffer much in 20 years.
Overpopulation, pollution and energy consumption have created such
planet-wide problems as massive deforestation, ozone depletion, acid rains and
the global warming that is believed to be caused by the greenhouse effect.
The seas are in danger. They are filled with poison: industrial and nuclear
waste, chemical fertilisers and pesticides. The Mediterranean in already nearly
dead, The North Sea is following. The Aral Sea is on the brink of extinction. If
nothing is done about it, one day nothing will be able to live in the seas.
Every ten minutes one kind of animal, plant or insect dies out forever. If
nothing is done about it one million species that are alive today will have become extinct 20 years from now.
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Air pollution is a very serious problem. In Cairo just breathing the air is life
threatening-equivalent to smoking 2 packs of cigarettes a day. The same holds
true for Mexico and 600 cities of the former Soviet Union.
Industrial enterprises emit tons of harmful substances. These emissions have
disastrous consequences for our planet. They are the main reason for the greenhouse effect and the acid rains.
An even greater environment threat are nuclear power stations. We all know
how tragic the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster are.
People are beginning to realize that environmental problems are not somebody else’s. They join and support various international organizations and green
parties. If governments wake up to what is happening- perhaps we’ll be able to
avoid the disaster that threatens the natural world and all of us.
Effective measures to limit pollution and prevent the decline of natural resources are needed immediately.
Problems of equity between and within the generations need to be solved;
the present use of the natural resources is too unequally divided between the industrial and the developing countries. At the present rate of development there is
a risk of no natural resources or a clean environment being left for future generations to enjoy.
The deterioration of the environment is considered by many authorities to be
a primary threat to humanity. Growth and humanity’s economic well-being are
not possible without the environmental protection of organic resources, i.e.
plants, animals and microorganisms.
Answer the questions.
1. What are major environmental problems?
2. What is the present state of forests?
3. How many kilometers of land are laid waste?
4. What causes major environmental problems?
5. Why are seas in danger?
6. What measures should be taken to limit pollution?
7. How is the use of the natural resources divided between the industrial and
the developing countries?
8. What do many authorities consider a primary threat to humanity?
9. What are the ways of solving the problem of pollution?
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