Environmental Care Focus on Biodiversity and Water

 

            The presentation was entitled: Environmental Care focus on Biodiversity and Water. The guest speaker that day was Dr. Mark Ybanez Gabumpa. The fact is that, often as a result of mismanagement, much of the water that is available in developing but also developed economies is polluted and contaminated to varying levels. In some places that contamination – whether from sources such as industrial or raw sewage discharges – is so acute that it can be deadly, triggering water-related diseases that take millions of lives annually often among the young and the vulnerable. Contaminated river systems, coastal waters and other ecosystems are not only a health risk; they are also a risk to livelihoods and economies if they can no longer, for example, support healthy fisheries. Even though environmental issues like pollution and global warming are big problems - there are lots of little things you can do to pitch in and keep the planet healthy. Like, Recycle, Plant a tree, and a lot more.

            I could say that although most of what I’ve attended was presented in a boring manner, I nonetheless picked up bits and pieces of knowledge that helped improve my listening skills. During the presentation of Dr. Gabumpa last week, I absorbed what he shared. I never thought that I could concentrate and sit in one place for such a long time because I expected that this orientation would be boring as well. Therefore, my point of view changed. He was very professional, especially in terms of his delivery. 

            From the presentation, I learned how important the environment, and water consumption. Every day, millions of tons of inadequately treated sewage and industrial and agricultural wastes are poured into the world’s waters. Every year, lakes, rivers, and deltas take in the equivalent of the weight of the entire human population–nearly seven billion people – in the form of pollution. Every year, more people die from the consequences of unsafe water than from all forms of violence, including war. And, every year, water contamination of natural ecosystems affects humans directly by destroying fisheries or causing other impacts on biodiversity that affect food production. In the end, most polluted freshwater ends up in the oceans, causing serious damage to many coastal areas and fisheries and worsening our ocean and coastal resource management challenges. Clean, safe, and adequate freshwater is vital to the survival of all living organisms and the smooth functioning of ecosystems, communities, and economies. But the quality of the world’s water is increasingly threatened as human populations grow, industrial and agricultural activities expand, and as climate change threatens to cause major alterations of the hydrologic cycle. Poor water quality threatens the health of people and ecosystems, reduces the availability of safe water for drinking and other uses, and limits economic productivity and development opportunities. There is an urgent need for the global community – both the public and private sector – to join together to take on the challenge of protecting and improving the quality of water in our rivers, lakes, aquifers, and taps. To do so we must commit to preventing future water pollution, treating waters that are already contaminated, and restoring the quality and health of rivers, lakes, aquifers, wetlands, and estuaries; this enables these waters to meet the broadest possible range of human and ecosystem needs. These actions will be felt all the way from the headwaters of our watersheds to the oceans, fisheries, and marine environments that help sustain humanity.

 

            The earth is in danger. At Noble, we know steps must be taken to protect the planet. We strive to be good stewards of the environment. It can help in our life or in our community by cleaning our places, tell other people and influence them to do it too. After all, we are living in the same and only Earth. We should know how to take care of it nevertheless our future sons and daughters, or our son’s and daughter’s kids won’t have any clean air, water e.t.c. because of our misdoings. They’ll just breathe in the polluted air and drink some wasted water if we didn’t adjust our attitudes.