Give a long conclusion on natural phenomena.
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Explanation:
More than a year has passed since the Great East Japan
Earthquake. But even after the disaster of that magnitude,
the world goes on as always. However, livelihood in Japan
will not be the same. The earthquake, tsunami, nuclear
accident and radioactive contamination have forced to
change the way of our thinking.
First, we realize how powerless we human-beings are in
contrast of nature’s power of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake
and 40m tsunami which are extremely rare in any part of
the world. For Japanese, however, this does not mean simply
despair, rather inspires a sense of awe or respect for the
power of nature.
Then we face the severe accident at the TEPCO
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. What we had
believed to be completely safe ended up falling apart in a
moment. What had been expected to be under control
did not work as expected, and as a result, a large amount
of radioactive material got released into the environment.
And decontamination efforts are needed as long-term
challenges.
Some would say that it is not appropriate to compare these
accidents and natural disasters to the issues facing the global
environment. However, it is inescapable to conclude that we
human-beings have been incline to lose our sense of awe
and respect to the nature, assessing current unsustainable
situation such as; how we are using natural resources
over the Earth’s capacity enable to reproduce them; how
we continue to impact onto the environment with GHG
emission faster than the Earth’ capacity of carbon fixation;
and how we are causing irreversible damage in the Earth’s
biodiversity. These steadily human activities has damaged
the Earth’s environment, which is essential for human life
and production, and our life is someday going to reach a
tipping point of no return, though the catastrophe may not
immediately occur as that of a natural disaster.
In Chapter 1, we looked at global efforts being undertaken
in advance of the June 2012 Rio+20 conference, which is
held for a twenty-year follow-up to the Earth Summit, to
overcome the currently unsustainable situation facing the
global environment.
In Chapter 2, we looked mainly at the efforts for disposal
of disaster waste and decontamination of radioactive
substances caused by the earthquake and the nuclear power
plant accident. Also, in section 5 of Chapter 2, we reviewed
the new nuclear power regulation and the framework, which
reflects the conscience that there is no absolute safety and
that we need to be prepared at ordinary time to respond
even to serious emergency. Again, the emotion of awe is
not the same thing as blind fear. With regard to radioactive
decontamination and the disposal of disaster waste over
a large affected area, it is important to promote public
understanding of the scientific knowledge about radiation,
including the meaning of an equivalent absorbed radiation
dose, without unnecessary fear in closely coordinated risk
communication, unlike the approach of publicizing safety
without enough information.
In Chapter 3, we focused on projects for promoting selfreliant society by evaluating and bringing out the best of
natural resources which are varied from region to region.
These efforts are in harmony with the nature, which has
been utilized under indigenous and traditional ways in
Japan. And the ways of our livelihood are refocused on,
because social cohesion that exists in local communities
has played an important role through efforts for the
recovery from the disaster. It is expected that a change
in awareness has occurred in the wake of the disaster,
leading to people breaking free of old fashioned thinking
and evaluating local natural resources, and serving as the
core of community development which is in harmony with
the regional environment. The Ogasawara islands was
registered as the World Natural Heritage in 2011, and that
encourage us because it means it has been recognized
globally the value of natural resources and the efforts for
sustainable use by residents living there. With the world
currently in globalization - and perhaps because of it – many
people feel sympathy to the efforts of residents to develop
characteristics of the environment and community, which
the people rely on, with a greater sense of identity. Such a
lifestyle, which is centered on local communities, focuses
on local issues as well as the global issues, and fosters
global interaction via information and communications, is
needed, so as to achieve life satisfaction and to strengthen
relationship with society.