Importance of Public Awareness in the Study of Environmental Science
Humans are responsible for depletion of the natural resources; degradation of the vital life-supporting systems (like air, water, soil, etc.); ecological imbalance; deteriorated environment, etc.Solid waste disposal, oil pollution, water pollution, air pollution, disease, Minamata disease, Chernobyl disaster, Bhopal gas tragedy, Smog etc. are some of the examples which are threatening human survival. To get rid of these problems, environmental awareness is imperative. It ensures that everyone knows about the consequences of his activities on nature. Importance of Public Awareness ADVERTISEMENTS: By exercising following actions, humans can protect global environment for sustainable development: (i) Preserve forest cover: Humans should minimize cutting of trees and using timber for aesthetic pleasure such as decoration of drawing rooms. Image Source: upload.wikimedia.org (ii) Preserve natural resources: Human should not extract unnecessarily and exhaustively the…