Question

Explain briefly the important factors to the conserve the envirinment

Answer 1

SOME IMPORTANT ACTION POINTS TO PROTECT OR IMPROVE THE
ENVIRONMENT
By now, all of us have realized how important it is to protect the environment for our own survival.
The term ‘conservation’ of environment relates to activities which can provide individual or
commercial benefits, but at the same time, prevent excessive use leading to environmental damage.
Conservation may be distinguished from preservation, which is considered to be “maintaining of
nature as it is, or might have been before the intervention of either human beings or natural forces.”
We know that natural resources are getting depleted and environmental problems are increasing.
It is, therefore, necessary to conserve and protect our environment. Following practices help in
protecting our environment which are as follows-
 Reuse carry bags.
 Start a compost heap or use a compost bin. This can be used to recycle waste food and
other biodegradable materials.
 Avoid unnecessary or wasteful packaging of products.
 Dispose the waste after separating them into biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste
material.
 Plant trees. They will help to absorb excess carbon dioxide.
 Never put any left-over chemicals, used oils down the drain, toilet or dump them on the
ground or in water or burn them in the garden. If you do so, it will cause pollution.
 Don’t burn any waste, especially plastics, for the smoke may contain polluting gases.
 Use unleaded petrol and alternate sources of energy, and keep the engine properly tuned
and serviced and the tyres inflated to the right pressure, so that vehicle runs efficiently.
 Walk or cycle where it is safe to do so – walking is free; cycling can help to keep you fit.
Treatment of sewage, so that it does not pollute the rivers and other water bodies.
 Judicious use of fertilizers, intensive cropping, proper drainage and irrigation.
 Rotation of crops.
 Composting organic solid waste for use as manure.
 Harvesting of rain water.
 National parks and conservation forests should be established by the government.
 Planting trees in place of those removed for various purposes
 Avoid fast starts and sudden braking of automobiles.