Scope and Importance of Environmental Studies

The environment studies enlighten us, about the importance of protection and conservation of our indiscriminate release of pollution into the environment. At present a great number of environment issues, have grown in size and complexity day by day, threatening the survival of mankind on earth. We study about these issues besides and effective suggestions in the Environment Studies. 

Environment studies have become significant for the following reasons:

1. Environment Issues Being of International Importance:

It has been well recognised that environment issues like global warming and ozone depletion, acid rain, marine pollution and biodiversity are not merely national issues but are global issues and hence must be tackled with international efforts and cooperation.

2. Problems Cropped in The Wake of Development:

Development, in its wake gave birth to Urbanization, Industrial Growth, Transportation Systems, Agriculture and Housing etc. However, it has become phased out in the developed world. The North, to cleanse their own environment has, fact fully, managed to move ‘dirty’ factories of South. When the West developed, it did so perhaps in ignorance of the environmental impact of its activities. Evidently such a path is neither practicable nor desirable, even if developing world follows that.

3. Explosively Increase in Pollution:

World census reflects that one in every seven persons in this planted lives in India. Evidently with 16 per cent of the world's population and only 2.4 per cent of its land area, there is a heavy pressure on the natural resources including land. Agricultural experts have recognized soils health problems like deficiency of micro nutrients and organic matter, soil salinity and damage of soil structure.

4. Need for An Alternative Solution:

It is essential, specially for developing countries to find alternative paths to an alternative goal. We need a goal as under:

1. A goal, which ultimately is the true goal of development an environmentally sound and sustainable development.
2. A goal common to all citizens of our earth.
3. A goal distant from the developing world in the manner it is from the over-consuming wasteful societies of the “developed” world.

5. Need To Save Humanity From Extinction:

It is incumbent upon us to save the humanity from extinction. Consequent to our activities constricting the environment and depleting the biosphere, in the name of development.

6. Need For Wise Planning of Development:

Our survival and sustenance depend. Resources withdraw, processing and use of the product have all to by synchronised with the ecological cycles in any plan of development our actions should be planned ecologically for the sustenance of the environment and development.


Source: Environmental Science by Dr. Y. K. Singh