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discuss environmental degradation in 200 words​

Answer 1

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable.[1] As indicated by the I=PAT equation, environmental impact (I) or degradation is caused by the combination of an already very large and increasing human population (P), continually increasing economic growth or per capita affluence (A), and the application of resource-depleting and polluting technology (T).[2][3]

Environmental degradation is one of the ten threats officially cautioned by the High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change of the United Nations. The United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction defines environmental degradation as "the reduction of the capacity of the environment to meet social and ecological objectives, and needs".[4] Environmental degradation comes in many types. When natural habitats are destroyed or natural resources are depleted, the environment is degraded. Efforts to counteract this problem include environmental protection and environmental resources management.

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Answer 2

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Environmental degradation is the exhaustion of the world's natural resources: land, air, water, soil, etc. It occurs due to crimes committed by humans against nature. Individuals are disposing of wastes that pollute the environment at rates exceeding the wastes’ rate of decomposition or dissipation and are overusing the renewable resources such as agricultural soils, forest trees, ocean fisheries, etc. at rates exceeding their natural abilities to renew themselves. Therefore, the environment's capacity to withstand the negative impacts due to human activities has diminished and environmental degradation has become a threatening issue.

To most investors overexploitation of natural resources is more profitable in the short run, due to cheap means of disposing of wastes, avoiding the costs of waste treatment and the excluding of social losses in cost calculations. However, in the long run natural resources will be depleted and the losses will be irreversible. Due to the severity of environmental degradation all over the world, the World Bank and other environmental institutions have conducted studies to present a cost assessment of environmental degradation.

Although the developing countries are progressing and there is rising economic growth, there is little attention given to sustainable development; hence environmental degradation is also rising. The recent preliminary study by the World Bank and METAP on cost assessment of environmental degradation in Middle East countries in 2004 revealed that pollution levels have not decreased since 1999; however, the final figures have not yet been released..

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