Human population and the global environment.

摘要: Policy makers and others with responsibilities associated depletion of natural resources environmental deterioration population growth tend to make decisions based on 3 fallacies: science technology can solve all problems caused by the consumption resources; absolute size rate are at most remotely related swiftly rising ecological problems; pollution viewed as a local reversible occurrence is basically only form deterioration. Contemporary agricultural practices operate maximize stability; yet they incompatible. Unprecedented desire profit drive people practice modern methods expand cultivation new areas. Industrialization has added considerable synthetic pollutants environment same time evolved being used. Pollution adversely affects structure or complexity ecosystems e.g. killing predator species resulting in shortened food chains. Perhaps vulnerable ecosystem ocean especially coastal areas which receive from cities industry run off chemicals silt. Population multiplies humans environmentally destructive activities. Human activities directly affect not solely responsible for disruption but also how responds these (e.g. interaction between sulphur dioxide particulate matter causes aggravates lung disease). momentum delays effects irreversibility much damage raises likelihood that may temporarily overshoot earths carrying capacity. Thus should take quick aggressive actions reduce achieve quickly possible zero dependence finite resources.