Degradation of Environment

Environment degradation is a worldwide issuemainly the result of the ever-increasing growth of
which has attracted the attention of academicians,population, technological development, and
geographers, planners, economists,imbalanced consumption and limitless exploitation
environmentalists and so many others, becauseof natural resources. The statement of Karl Marx
environmental crisis is creating and enhancing the'Cultivation when it progresses spontaneously and
ecological imbalances and health hazards whichis not consciously controlled, leaves deserts behind
have been a curse for humanity. It is quite easyit' has become quite true resulting in imbalanced
to destroy natural resources but extremelyearth's biological systems.
difficult to create them. Everything has a beginningThe ever-increasing population exerts considerable
and an end. As a matter of fact, our sun willstress on the limited resources because the
eventually die, we will also disappear and thegrowth of population is faster than that of the
influence of humanity on our living planet may notresources. Hence, increased population will either
be significant, but for us living and the comingexploit natural resources more rapidly or will
generations and their progeny, the environmentimport sufficient commodities for existence.
will be ever significant. Humanity is an integral partThe miracle of modern science and the towering
of the environment. A person is no more thanachievements by the advanced technology have
any other being. Therefore, he has a moralprovided us a measure of mastery over nature.
obligation to all beings. But since the dawn ofThe development has a prime priority and we
civilization, man has considered other beings ashave got a lesson that the development which
very inferior to him. This is the root cause of ourdestroyed the ecosystem eventually destroys
misery and the environmental degradation.the development itself because we are a part of
Most of our environmental problems come intonature. We are nothing but a strand in the single
existence from the imbalanced approaches andfabric whose warp and weft link together all that
behaviours of man. The acute advancement inis of the earth. The development which
technological expansion and economic growthconserves the environment conserves also the
through innumerable means and ways are thefruits of development.
ultimate sources of environmental degradation. InTherefore, there is no fundamental dichotomy
such way, we can essentially resound thebetween conservation and development.
message that the environmental degradation is